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Orycteropus leptodon

Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Taxonomy
Orycteropus leptodon was named by Hirst (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Orycteropus afer by Pickford (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Orycteropus leptodon Hirst

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
familyOrycteropodidae
subfamilyOrycteropodinaeGray 1821
genusOrycteropusGeoffroy 1791
speciesleptodonHirst 1906

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.

Orycteropus leptodon Hirst 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:18:46
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:18:46
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lehmann et al. 2005, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available