IRMNG - Moschus Linnaeus, 1758

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Moschus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1271917 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1271917)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Moschidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Moschifer Palmer, 1904 · unaccepted

Odontodorcus Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Tragulus Boddaert, 1785 · unaccepted

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Species Moschus berezovskii Flerov, 1929
Species Moschus chrysogaster (Hodgson, 1839)
Species Moschus fuscus Li, 1981
Species Moschus leucogaster
Species Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 66 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Moschus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1271917 on 2025-01-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)
Notes (2)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 66 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family 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]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name 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]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Moschifer Palmer, 1904) North Amer. Fauna, No. 23
page(s): 433 [details]

original description (of Odontodorcus Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 82 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus, 1758. [details]