Hydrochoerus
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Caviomorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Caviidae
Subfamilia: Hydrochoerinae
Genus: Hydrochoerus
Species (2 + †2): †H. ballesterensis – †H. gaylordi – H. hydrochaeris – H. isthmius
Name
editHydrochoerus Brisson, 1762: 80 [conserved name]
- Type species: Sus hydrochaeris 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).
Synonymy
edit- Hydrochaeris Brünnich, 1772: 44 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Hydrochaerus Erxleben, 1777: 191 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Hydrochoenus Gray, 1821: 304 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Hydrocharus Gray, 1825: 341 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Hydrocherus F. Cuvier, 1829: 492 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Capibara Moussy, 1860: 13 [nomen nudum]
- Capiguara Liais, 1872: 545 [new name for Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- Hydrochoeris J. A. Allen, 1916: 568 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
- †Xenohydrochoerus Rusconi, 1934: 21 [synonymized by Pascual (1967: 119)]
- Type species: †Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi, 1934, by original designation.
- Hydrocheirus Hollande & Batisse, 1959: 1 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Hydrochoerus Brisson]
References
editPrimary references
edit- 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.
Links
edit- Hydrochoerus 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. - Hydrochoerus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
editdansk: Kapivar
Deutsch: Wasserschwein
English: Capybara
español: Capibara
français: Capybara
עברית: קפיבארה
日本語: カピバラ属
Nederlands: Capybara
polski: kapibara
português: Capivara
русский: Капибара
svenska: Capybara
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