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Taxonomy
Vicugna was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.
It was reranked as Lama (Vicugna) by Menegaz et al. (1989).
It was assigned to Lama by Menegaz et al. (1989); to Camelidae by Carroll (1988) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Lamini by Stanley et al. (1994), Webb and Meachen (2004) and Lynch et al. (2020).
It was reranked as Lama (Vicugna) by Menegaz et al. (1989).
It was assigned to Lama by Menegaz et al. (1989); to Camelidae by Carroll (1988) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Lamini by Stanley et al. (1994), Webb and Meachen (2004) and Lynch et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1842 | Vicugna Lesson |
1988 | Vicugna Carroll |
1989 | Lama (Vicugna) Menegaz et al. |
1994 | Vicugna Stanley et al. p. 1 |
2004 | Vicugna Webb and Meachen p. 350 |
2008 | Vicugna Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
2020 | Vicugna Lynch 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. Vicugna Lesson 1842
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Lama (Vicugna) gracilis Gervais and Ameghino 1881
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Invalid names: Auchenia frontosa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym], Auchenia lujanensis Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Auchenia minuta Burmeister 1891 [synonym], Hemiauchenia pristina Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available