Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Potos E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier 1795

Description

Potos E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier, 1795. Mag. Encyclop., 2: 187.

COMMENT: Hernandez-Camacho, 1977, Caldasia, 11: 148, resurrected Bonaparte's 1838, family Cercoleptidae for this taxon, as a provisional arrangement, but Hall, 1981:977, and SK consider it a procyonid.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412003006000000.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 254, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Procyonidae
Genus
Potos
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Potos G., 1795 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Hernandez-Camacho, J. 1977. Notas para una monografia de Potos flavus (Mammalia: Carnivora) en Colombia. Caldasia, 11 (55): 147 - 181.
  • Bonaparte, C. L. J. L. 1838. Synopsis vertebratorum systematis. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali, Bologna, 1: 105 - 133.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.