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Tragulus (mouse deer)
Taxonomy
Tragulus was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; non Tragulus Pallas 1767 and Tragulus Boddaert 1785]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Tragulidae by Carroll (1988), Vislobokova (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Tragulidae by Carroll (1988), Vislobokova (2001), Thewissen et al. (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Tragulus Brisson p. 12 |
| 1836 | Meminna Gray |
| 1843 | Tragulus malaccensis Gray |
| 1844 | Tragulus mimenoides Hodgson |
| 1988 | Tragulus Carroll |
| 2001 | Tragulus Thewissen et al. p. suppl. |
| 2001 | Tragulus Vislobokova p. S133 |
| 2003 | Tragulus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2008 | Tragulus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
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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. Tragulus Brisson 1762 [mouse deer]
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Tragulus fulviventer Gray 1836
Tragulus javanicus Osbeck 1765 [Java mouse-deer]
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Invalid names: Tragulus fuscatus Blyth 1858 [synonym]
Tragulus kanchil Raffles 1822 [lesser mouse-deer]
Tragulus napu Cuvier 1822 [greater mouse-deer]
Tragulus napu niasis Lyon 1916
Tragulus nigricans Thomas 1892 [Philippine mouse-deer]
†Tragulus sivalensis Lydekker 1882
Tragulus stanleyanus Gray 1836
Invalid names: Meminna Gray 1836 [synonym], Tragulus malaccensis Gray 1843 [nomen nudum], Tragulus mimenoides Hodgson 1844 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Chaiyaphum) | Tragulus javanicus (237787) |