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Vombatus (common wombat)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Vombatidae

Synonyms
  • Opossum was named by Perry (1810). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Vombatus by Wells (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Vombatus Saint-Hillaire
1810Opossum Perry
1974Vombatus Marshall p. 66
1989Vombatus Wells
1994Vombatus Springer et al. p. 86
1997Vombatus McKenna and Bell
2015Vombatus Louys
2020Vombatus Beck et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987
superfamilyVombatoideaIredole and Troughton 1934
familyVombatidaeBurnett 1829
genusVombatusSaint-Hillaire 1803

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. Vombatus Saint-Hillaire 1803 [common wombat]
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Vombatus hacketti Glauert 1910
Vombatus mitchelli Owen 1838
Vombatus ursinus Shaw 1800 [common wombat]
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Invalid names: Opossum hirsutum Perry 1810 [synonym], Phascolomys mitchelli Owen 1838 [synonym], Phascolomys platyrhinus Owen 1853 [synonym], Phascolomys vombatus Leach 1815 [synonym]
Invalid names: Opossum Perry 1810 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available