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Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842

Description

Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842

Heterocephalus Rüppell 1842, Mus. Senckenberg. Abh., 3 (2): 99.

Type Species: Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842

Synonyms: Fornarina Thomas 1903.

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell 1842

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Bathyergidae, pp. 1538-1542 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1542, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rüppell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Bathyergidae
Genus
Heterocephalus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243.