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Tragulus javanicus

Description

Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck 1765)

Cervus javanicus Osbeck 1765, Reise nach Ostindien und China: 357.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Udjung Kulon Peninsula, "Nieu Bay" (Meeuwenbaai or Muara Tjikuja), Jankolan (Djungkulan) kampong; identified by Van Bemmel (1949 b) and Hoogerwerf (1970:353).

Vernacular Names: Java Mouse-deer.

Synonyms: Tragulus focalinus Miller 1903; Tragulus indicus Brisson 1765; Tragulus indicus (Gmelin 1788); Tragulus jasanicus (C. H. Smith 1827); Tragulus javanicus (Gmelin 1788); Tragulus javensis Pallas 1779.

Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Meijaard and Groves (2004) were not convinced that Cervus javanicus Osbeck, 1765 is a mouse-deer and preferred to date the name from Tragulus javanicus (Gmelin, 1788). Until their evidence is published, the older name is retained here. Tragulus javensis Pallas, 1779 is available and predates Moschus javanicus Gmelin, 1788. The two names are objective synonyms because they are both based on the description of a specimen by Pallas (1777, fasc. 12, p. 18), but javensis has not been noticed and is a nomen oblitum.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 648, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Osbeck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tragulidae
Genus
Tragulus
Species
javanicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck, 1765) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Van Bemmel, A. C. V. 1949 b. Notes on Indo-Australian mammals. 1. A note on Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy) (Mustelidae). 2. On the meaning of the name Cervus javanicus Osbeck 1765 (Tragulidae). Treubia, 20: 375 - 380.
  • Hoogerwerf, A. 1970. Udjung Kulon. The land of the last Javan rhinoceros. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 512 pp.
  • Smith, C. H. 1827. The seventh order of the Mammalia. The Ruminantia. Pp. 1 - 428, in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, & c. & c. & c. with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed (E. Griffith, C. H. [amilton] Smith, and E. Pidgeon, eds.). G. B. Whitaker, London, 4: 1 - 498.
  • Meijaard, E., and C. P. Groves. 2004. A taxonomic revision of the Tragulus mouse-deer (Artiodactyla). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140: 63 - 102.