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Taxon: Family Vombatidae Burnett, 1830 - wombats (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Diprotodontia

Subsequent positions

Vombatoidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1830

Original entries

Questionably Lasiorhinus (Genus) Gray, 1863
Questionably Phascolonus (Genus) Owen, 1872
Questionably Ramsayia (Genus) Tate, 1951
Questionably Rhizophascolonus (Genus) Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967
Questionably Warendja (Genus) Hope & Wilkinson, 1982

Subsequent entries

Vombatus (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Current position

Vombatiformes (Suborder) Burnett, 1830 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 45.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 64.
Vombatoidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1830 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 60.
Vombatomorphia (Infraorder) Alpin & Archer, 1987 Ref: [Anonymous], 1989

Historical positions

Vombatiformes (Suborder) Burnett, 1830 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Vombatiformes (Suborder) Burnett, 1830 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Vombatiformes (Suborder) Burnett, 1830 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 43.
Vombatoidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1830 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 60.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: 1995
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 45; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 64.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 22.
Vombatoidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1830 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1021.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 612.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2g;3s;1ss; ‡1ss; †4g;2s;1ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 2g;3s;1ss; ‡1ss; †4g
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56 2g;3s
2005 C.P. Groves [2g;3s;1ss; ‡1ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [2g; †4g]
1993 C.P. Groves 2g;3s
1991 R.M. Nowak 2g;3s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [2g];3s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 2g;[2s]
1973 W. Fiedler et al. 2g;2s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024