IRMNG - Atherurus Cuvier, 1829

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Atherurus Cuvier, 1829

IRMNG_ID

1288608 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1288608)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Synonymised names

Atherura Gray, 1842 · unaccepted

Atherura Blyth in Blyth, 1840 · unaccepted

Athetura Doughty, 1831 · unaccepted

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Species Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842
Species Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dict. Sci. Nat., 59
page(s): 483 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F. Cuvier, 1829.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F. Cuvier, 1829. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Atherurus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288608 on 2025-01-24

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 (11)
Notes (2)

original description Dict. Sci. Nat., 59
page(s): 483 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Atherura Blyth in Blyth, 1840) in Blyth-Cuvier, An. Kingdom
page(s): 118 [details]

original description (of Atherura Gray, 1842) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 10
page(s): 261 [details]

original description (of Athetura Doughty, 1831) Cab. N. H., 1 (11)
page(s): 241 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F. Cuvier, 1829. [details]

Type species as cited Hystrix macroura Linnaeus, 1758. [details]