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Cuniculus
Taxonomy
Cuniculus was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; non Cuniculus Meyer 1790 and Cuniculus Wagler 1830]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Cuniculidae.
It was assigned to Cuniculidae by Ríos-Uzeda et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Cuniculidae by Ríos-Uzeda et al. (2004).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1762 | Cuniculus Brisson p. 13 |
1799 | Agouti Lacépède p. 9 |
1825 | Osteopera Gray p. 341 |
1825 | Osteopera Harlan p. 126 |
1902 | Agouti Hay p. 734 |
1904 | Agouti Palmer p. 845 |
2004 | Cuniculus Ríos-Uzeda et al. p. 109 |
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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. Cuniculus Brisson 1762
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Cuniculus paca Linnaeus 1766 [lowland paca]
Cuniculus rugiceps Lund 1837
Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1885 [mountain paca]
Invalid names: Agouti Lacépède 1799 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available