Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Tenrecidae Gray 1821

Description

Family Tenrecidae

REVIEWED BY: J. F. Eisenberg (JFE); E. Gould (EG); R. G. Van Gelder (RGVG).

COMMENT: Includes Potamogalidae; see Corbet, 1974, Part 1.2:1.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403002000000000 as Tenrecidae.

5301403003000000000 as Potamogalidae.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Insectivora, pp. 58-106 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353001

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Insectivora
Family
Tenrecidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Corbet, G. B. 1974. Family Macroscelididae. Part 1.5, Pp. 1 - 6, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.