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Hydrochoerus
Brisson, 1762
(mammal)
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Entity:
Hydrochoerinae (Subfamily)
..†Chapalmatherium (Genus)
..†Neochoerus (Genus)
..†Nothydrochoerus (Genus)
..†Protohydrochoerus (Genus)
..Hydrochoerus (Genus)
....Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Species) - capybara
....Hydrochoerus isthmius (Species) - Panama capybara
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Brisson, M.J. 1762.
Reg. Anim.
(ed. 2)
: 12, 80.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894
: 64.
Types
Type of
:
Hydrochoerinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Type
:
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus, 1766), typ. cons.
Variants
Different spelling
:
Hydrochaeris
(Genus)
Brunnich, 1772
Different spelling
:
Hydrochaerus
(Genus)
Erxleben, 1777
Different spelling
:
Hydrocheirus
(Genus)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Capiguara
(Genus)
Liais, 1872
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Xenohydrochoerus
(Genus)
Rusconi, 1934
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
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