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Pongo pygmaeus morio

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Simia morio was named by Owen (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pithecus morio by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Pongo pygmaeus morio by Groves (2001), Taylor (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Simia morio Owen
1853Pithecus morio Owen p. 802
2001Pongo pygmaeus morio Groves
2006Pongo pygmaeus morio Taylor p. 378

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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
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)
subspeciesmorio(Owen 1837)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-20 17:27:11
Modified: 2012-05-20 02:27:11
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Taylor 2006, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available