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Taxonomy
Microchoerus was named by Wood (1844).
It was assigned to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Necrolemurinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Microchoeridae by Hooker (1986) and Gunnell and Rose (2002); and to Microchoerinae by Minwer-Barakat et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Pseudolemuridae by Schlosser (1877); to Necrolemurinae by Simpson (1940); to Omomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Microchoeridae by Hooker (1986) and Gunnell and Rose (2002); and to Microchoerinae by Minwer-Barakat et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Microchoerus Wood |
| 1877 | Microchoerus Schlosser p. 32 |
| 1940 | Microchoerus Simpson p. 198 |
| 1986 | Microchoerus Hooker p. 213 |
| 1997 | Microchoerus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Microchoerus Gunnell and Rose p. 46 |
| 2016 | Microchoerus Minwer-Barakat et al. |
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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. †Microchoerus Wood 1844
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†Microchoerus creechbarrowensis Hooker 1986
†Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844
†Microchoerus hookeri Minwer-Barakat et al. 2017
†Microchoerus ornatus Stehlin 1916
†Microchoerus wardi Hooker 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available