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Abderitidae

(Family)

Taxonomy

The Family Abderitidae is a member of the Superfamily Caenolestoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Abderitidae:

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
        • Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
          • Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
            • Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates

The Family Abderitidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

  • Genus (2): Abderites · Pitheculites
  • Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in the Family Abderitidae.

Genera

Abderites

Abderites or the School of Abdera was a school of thought in Pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosophy. It's proponents Leucippus and Democritus were the earliest atomists. [more]

At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Abderites.

More info about the Genus Abderites may be found here.

Pitheculites

More info about the Genus Pitheculites may be found here.

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Last Revised: May 02, 2008