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Geomyoidea Temporal range: Early Eocene - Recent
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Kangaroo rat | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Castorimorpha |
Superfamily: | Geomyoidea Bonaparte, 1845 |
Families | |
†Eomyidae |
Geomyoidea is a superfamily of rodent that contains the pocket gophers (Geomyidae), the kangaroo rats and mice (Heteromyidae), and their fossil relatives.