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Tragulus  Brisson, 1762
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898097

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Tragulus Pallas, 1779
  
    Lagonebrax Gloger, 1841
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyTragulidae Milne-Edwards, 1864 – chevrotains  
                                     GenusTragulus Brisson, 1762  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck, 1765) – Java Mouse-deer, lesser mouse-deer 
                                        Species Tragulus kanchil (Raffles, 1821) – Lesser Mouse-deer 
                                        Species Tragulus napu (F. Cuvier, 1822) – greater mouse-deer, Greater Mouse-deer 
                                        Species Tragulus nigricans Thomas, 1892 – Philippine Mouse-deer 
                                        Species Tragulus versicolor Thomas, 1910 – Vietnam Mouse-deer 
                                        Species Tragulus williamsoni Kloss, 1961 – Williamson's Mouse-deer 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Tragulus   
       

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  Comment: Comments: Tragulus was attributed to Brisson (1762) by many authors (A. Gentry, 1994) though some (e.g. Chasen, 1940; Lydekker, 1915) assigned it to Pallas (1779). Recent rejection of Brisson (1762) was on the assumption that it was unavailable. Brisson (1762:65-68) listed the species T. indicus, T. guineensis (= Neotragus pygmaeus), T. surinamensis (= Mazama americana), T. africanus (= Sylvicapra grimmia), and [T.] moschus (= Moschus moschiferus). Of these, only T. indicus is referred to Tragulus as...  
 

 

    

 
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