Geomyoidea

Geomyoidea
Temporal range: Early Eocene - Recent
Kangaroo rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Bonaparte, 1845
Families

Eomyidae
Heliscomyidae
Florentiamyidae
Geomyidae
Heteromyidae

Geomyoidea is a superfamily of rodent that contains the pocket gophers (Geomyidae), the kangaroo rats and mice (Heteromyidae), and their fossil relatives.