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Pekania
Taxonomy
Pekania was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.
It was assigned to Guloninae by Samuels and Cavin (2013).
It was assigned to Guloninae by Samuels and Cavin (2013).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1865 | Pekania Gray |
2013 | Pekania Samuels and Cavin p. 449 |
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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.
G. Pekania Gray 1865
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†Pekania diluviana Cope 1889
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Invalid names: Martes parapennanti Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym]
†Pekania occulta Samuels and Cavin 2013
†Pekania palaeosinensis Zdansky 1924
Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 [fisher]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin 2013 | A synapomorphy that unites species of Pekania is a P4 with a prominent exposed external median rootlet (Anderson, 1970). |