IRMNG - Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798

IRMNG taxon details

Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798

IRMNG_ID

1452335 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1452335)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Orajeteropus Hill, 1913 · unaccepted

Orycteropus Geoffroy, 1796 · unaccepted

Oryctheropus Muirhead, 1819 · unaccepted

Oryctopus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

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Species Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim. vol. 1798 p. 144 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Sherborn (1902:701) and Allen (1939:270) gave Orycteropus "Geoffroy, Decad. Phil. et Litt. XXVIII. 1795", but it is...

Taxonomic remark Sherborn (1902:701) and Allen (1939:270) gave Orycteropus "Geoffroy, Decad. Phil. et Litt. XXVIII. 1795", but it is untraceable. Meester et al. (1986:182) reviewed and assigned the correct generic name. (Wilson. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452335 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2011-06-02 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)
Notes (2)

original description Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim. vol. 1798 p. 144 [details]

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]

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 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]

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]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Orajeteropus Hill, 1913) Notes & Queries, (12) 5
page(s): 194 [details]

original description (of Oryctopus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Oryctheropus Muirhead, 1819) Edinb. Enc., 13, 1830
page(s): 447 [details]

original description (of Orycteropus Geoffroy, 1796) Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom., Paris, 1
page(s): 102 [details]

From other sources

Type species as cited Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin, 1788 (= Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766). [details]