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Hyemoschus

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Hyemoschus was named by Gray (1845). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tragulidae by Stefani (1916), McKenna and Bell (1997), Vislobokova (2001) and Geraads (2010).

Species
H. aquaticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Hyemoschus Gray p. 350
1916Hyomoschus Stefani p. 11
1997Hyemoschus McKenna and Bell p. 419
2001Hyemoschus Vislobokova p. S133
2010Hyemoschus Geraads p. 733

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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
genusHyemoschus

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. Hyemoschus Gray 1845
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Hyemoschus aquaticus Ogilby 1841 [water chevrotain]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-06-11 13:40:55
Modified: 2012-06-10 22:40:55
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Dubost 1978, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 5 to the top of the MN 6 or 15.97000 to 12.75000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.75 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Hyaemoschus jourdani (65912)