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Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Arctomys ludoviciana was named by Ord (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynomys ludovicianus by Baird (1858), Hollister (1916), Schultz and Howard (1935), Slaughter (1966), Lundelius (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Goodwin (1995).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Arctomys ludoviciana Ord
1817Cynomys grisea Rafinesque
1817Cynomys socialis Rafinesque
1819Monax missouriensis Warden
1829Cynomys cinereus Richardson
1858Cynomys ludovicianus Baird
1890Cynomys arizonensis Mearns
1905Cynomys pyrrotrichus Elliot
1916Cynomys ludovicianus Hollister
1935Cynomys ludovicianus Schultz and Howard p. 279
1956Cynomys meadensis Hibbard
1966Cynomys ludovicianus Slaughter p. 479
1972Cynomys ludovicianus Lundelius, Jr.
1980Cynomys ludovicianus Kurten and Anderson p. 218
1981Cynomys ludovicianus Hall
1995Cynomys ludovicianus Goodwin

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusCynomysRafinesque 1817
speciesludovicianus(Ord 1815)

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.

Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 [black-tailed prairie dog]
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Invalid names: Cynomys arizonensis Mearns 1890 [synonym], Cynomys cinereus Richardson 1829 [synonym], Cynomys grisea Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Cynomys meadensis Hibbard 1956 [synonym], Cynomys pyrrotrichus Elliot 1905 [synonym], Cynomys socialis Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Monax missouriensis Warden 1819 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available