IRMNG - Ailuridae Gray, 1843

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Ailuridae Gray, 1843

IRMNG_ID

119711 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:119711)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Carnivora

Direct children (21)

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Genus Actiocyon Stock, 1947 †
Genus Ailurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825
Genus Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 †
Genus Magerictis Ginsburg, Morales, Soria & Herraez, 1997 †
Genus Parailurus Schlosser, 1899 †
Genus Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang, 2004 †
Genus Simocyon Wagner, 1858 †
Genus Aelurus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ailurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825
Genus Aelurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825 accepted as Ailurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825
Genus Aelurus Flower, 1870 accepted as Ailurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825
Genus Alopecocyon Viret, 1951 † accepted as Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 † (later usage (?))
Genus Arctaelurus Gloger, 1841 accepted as Ailurus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1825
Genus Viretius Kretzoi, 1947 † accepted as Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 † (superfluous replacement name)
Genus Alopecodon Viret, 1933 † accepted as Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Pliocyon Thorpe, 1921 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym and synonym)
Genus Pseudocyon Wagner, 1857 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Amphalopex Kaup, 1862 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Araeocyon Thorpe, 1922 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Metarctos Gaudry, 1860 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Protursus Crusafont-Pairó & Kurten, 1976 † accepted as Simocyon Wagner, 1858 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Acticyon Stock, 1947 † accepted as Actiocyon Stock, 1947 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Misspelling in Nomenclator Zoologicus)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Formerly included in Procyonidae e.g. in McKenna & Bell, 1997; treated as family by Wilson & Reeder, 2005.

Taxonomic remark Formerly included in Procyonidae e.g. in McKenna & Bell, 1997; treated as family by Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Ailuridae Gray, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119711 on 2024-12-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (6)
Notes (1)

basis of record Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

additional source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as subfamily of Procyonidae [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

extant flag source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Formerly included in Procyonidae e.g. in McKenna & Bell, 1997; treated as family by Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]