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Tragulus napu (greater mouse-deer)

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Chevrotain napu was named by Cuvier (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Moschus napu by Gray (1836); it was recombined as Tragulus napu by Stone and Rehn (1902) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Chevrotain napu Cuvier
1836Moschus napu Gray
1902Tragulus napu Stone and Rehn p. 127
2008Tragulus napu 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyTragulidaeMilnes-Edwards 1864
genusTragulus
speciesnapu(Cuvier 1822)

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.

Tragulus napu Cuvier 1822 [greater mouse-deer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:14:24
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available