Cuniculus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chinchilloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Chinchilloidea

Cuniculus Brisson, 1762: 98 [conserved name]

Type species: Mus paca Linnaeus, 1766, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
Gender: masculine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).

Agouti Lacépède, 1799: 9
- Type species: Agouti paca Lacépède, 1799, by monotypy.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 66).
Coelogenus F. Cuvier, 1807: 203
- Type species: Mus paca Linnaeus, 1766, by subsequent designation by Thomas (1924).
Coelogenys Illiger, 1811: 92 [emendation of Coelogenus F. Cuvier]
Paca Fischer, 1814: 85
- Type species: Paca maculata Fischer, 1814, by monotypy.
Caelogenus Fleming, 1822: 192 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Coelogenus F. Cuvier]
Osteopera Harlan, 1825: 126
- Type species: Osteopera platycephala Harlan, 1825, by monotypy.
Caelogenys Agassiz, 1842: 5 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Coelogenys Illiger]
Genyscoelus Liais, 1872: 537 [substitute name for Coelogenus F. Cuvier]
Mamcoelogenysus Herrera, 1899: 26 [unjustified renaming of Coelogenys Illiger and unavailable name because it is based on zoological formulae (ICZN 1987:318)]
Stictomys Thomas, 1924: 238
- Type species: Coelogenys taczanowskii Stolzman, 1885, by original designation.

Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page.

Cuniculus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Cuniculus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

English: Paca
español: Paca
日本語: パカ属
português do Brasil: Paca