The PEDIGREE of
Order Rodentia

 "Child(ren)":       Suborder Sciuromorpha   ;   Suborder Hystricomorpha   ;   Clade of Beavers, Hamsters, etc.   ;   34 families (1700+ species) altogether
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/-- Microphylum Teleostomi   +====> [ 67]
/-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
/-- Class Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned Fishes)
/-- Clade of Rhipidistia
/-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
/-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
/-- Microphylum Amniota
/-- Superclass Synapsida
/-- Epiclass of Therapsids
/-- Class Mammalia  (180? M BC - ?)
/-- Subclass Theriiformes (Therial Mammals)
/-- Infraclass Eutheria (Placental Mammals)  (90 M BC - ?)
/-- Superlegion Boreoeutheria (mammals from Laurasia Supercontinent)
/-- Legion of Euarchontoglires  (70 M BC - ?)
/-- Superorder of Glires
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- Order Rodentia
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Subtribe Tamiina   ;   Family Caviidae   ;   Family Muridae
 
  ``8-Great Grandchild:''       Rattus norvegicus
 

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