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Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Simia pygmaeus was named by Linnaeus (1760). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pongo pygmaeus by Linnaeus (1760), Lacépède (1799), Groves (2001) and Taylor (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus
1799Pongo pygmaeus Lacépède
2001Pongo pygmaeus Groves
2006Pongo pygmaeus Taylor p. 378

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPonginaeElliot 1913
tribePongini
genusPongoLacépède 1799
speciespygmaeus(Linnaeus 1760)

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.

Pongo pygmaeus Linnaeus 1760 [Bornean orangutan]
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Pongo pygmaeus devosi Schwartz et al. 1995
Pongo pygmaeus fromageti Schwartz et al. 1995
Pongo pygmaeus kahlkei Schwartz et al. 1995
Pongo pygmaeus ciochoni Schwartz et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available