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Tragulidae Milne-Edwards 1864

Description

Tragulidae Milne-Edwards 1864

Tragulidae Milne-Edwards 1864, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 5, 2: 157.

Genera: 3 genera with 8 species:

Genus Hyemoschus Gray 1845 (1 species)

Genus Moschiola Gray 1852 (1 species)

Genus Tragulus Brisson 1762 (6 species with 50 subspecies)

Discussion: From the description, Moschus leverianus Kerr, 1792 may be a tragulid, but its synonymy has not been determined.

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
Milne-Edwards
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tragulidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Tragulidae Milne-Edwards, 1864 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Brisson, M. J. 1762. Le regnum animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica sistens generalem animalium distributionem in classes IX, & duarum primarum classium, quadrupedum scilicet & cetaceorum, particularem dibvisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera & species. T. Haak, Paris, 296 pp.
  • Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; class I: Mammalia. London, J. Murray & R. Faulder, 664 pp.