The

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Aplodontiidae also known as Aplodontidae, Haplodontiidae or Haploodontini is traditionally classified as the sole extant family of the suborder Protrogomorpha. It may be the sister family of the

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

. There are fossils from the Oligocene until

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, from Oligocene in

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and from the Oligocene until the present in North America, where there is the only living species: the

mountain beaver The mountain beaver (''Aplodontia rufa'')Other names include mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, lesser sasquatch, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of Chinookan and other Native American terms ...

(''Aplodontia rufa'').

Systematics

It includes the following genera: * '' Aplodontia'' Richardson, 1829 * †'' Altasciurus '' Korth, 2019 * †'' Ameniscomys'' Dehm, 1950 * †'' Ansomys'' Qiu, 1987 * †'' Dakotallomys'' Tedrow and Korth, 1999 * †'' Disallomys'' Korth, 2009 * †'' Ephemeromys'' Wang & Heissig, 1984 * †'' Haplomys'' Miller and Gidley, 1918 * †'' Leptoromys'' Tedrow and Korth, 1997 * †'' Liodontia'' Miller and Gidley, 1918 * †'' Meniscomys'' Cope, 1879 * †''

Niglarodon Niglaradon is an extinct genus of mountain beaver in the family Aplodontiidae, found from Idaho to South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great ...

'' Black, 1961 * †''

Ninamys ''Ninamys'' was an extinct genus of rodents in the family Aplodontiidae The family Aplodontiidae also known as Aplodontidae, Haplodontiidae or Haploodontini is traditionally classified as the sole extant family of the suborder Protrogomorph ...

'' Vianey-Liaud, Rodrigues & Marivaux, 2013 * †''

Oligopetes ''Oligopetes'' is an extinct genus of rodents in the family of Aplodontiidae, found from Spain to Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's ...

'' Heissig, 1979 * †'' Paracitellus'' Dehm, 1950 * †'' Paransomys'' Vianey-Liaud, Rodrigues & Marivaux, 2013 * †'' Proansomys''Bi, Shundong, Jin Meng, Sarah McLean, Wenyu Wu, Xijun Ni & Jie Ye. 2013. A New Genus of Aplodontid Rodent (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Oligocene of Northern Junggar Basin, China. Public Library of Science, ONE 8(1): e52625. Bi, Meng, McLean, Wu, Ni & Ye, 2013 * †'' Prosciurus'' Matthew, 1910 * †'' Pseudaplodon'' Miller, 1927 * †'' Sciurodon'' Schlosser, 1884 * †'' Selenomys'' Matthew and Granger, 1923 * †'' Sewelleladon'' Shotwell, 1958 * †'' Tardontia'' Shotwell, 1958 * †'' Trigonomys'' Heissig, 1979

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1887673 Rodent families Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt Extant Oligocene first appearances