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Taxonomy
Ailurus was named by Cuvier (1825) [in E. Geoffroy St. Hillaire & Cuvier]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ailurinae by Van Valen (1986) and Baskin (1998); to Procyonidae by Hollister (2000); to Ailuridae by Wallace and Wang (2004) and Wang et al. (2005); to Ailurini by Wallace and Lyon (2022); and to Ailurinae by Salesa et al. (2006) and Salesa et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Ailurinae by Van Valen (1986) and Baskin (1998); to Procyonidae by Hollister (2000); to Ailuridae by Wallace and Wang (2004) and Wang et al. (2005); to Ailurini by Wallace and Lyon (2022); and to Ailurinae by Salesa et al. (2006) and Salesa et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Ailurus Cuvier |
| 1986 | Ailurus Van Valen p. 428 |
| 1998 | Ailurus Baskin p. 149 |
| 2000 | Ailurus Hollister p. 144 |
| 2004 | Ailurus Wallace and Wang |
| 2005 | Ailurus Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17 |
| 2006 | Ailurus Salesa et al. p. 381 |
| 2022 | Ailurus Salesa et al. |
| 2022 | Ailurus Wallace and Lyon |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available