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Vicugna vicugna

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Camelus vicugna was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lama (Vicugna) vicugna by Menegaz et al. (1989); it was recombined as Vicugna vicugna by Stanley et al. (1994) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Camelus vicugna Molina
1963Vicugna provicugna Hoffstetter
1989Lama (Vicugna) vicugna Menegaz et al. p. 161
1994Vicugna vicugna Stanley et al. p. 1
2008Vicugna vicugna Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusVicugnaLesson 1842
speciesvicugna(Molina 1782)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782
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Invalid names: Vicugna provicugna Hoffstetter 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available