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Taxon: Order Ferae Linnaeus, 1758 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia

Original position

Quadrupedia ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16.

Subsequent positions

Unguiculata ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 24. [assumed]

Original entries

*Canis* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Felis* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Mustela* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Phoca* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Ursus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Viverra* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

*Didelphis* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 71. [assumed]
*Erinaceus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 75. [assumed]
*Sorex* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 73. [assumed]
*Talpa* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 73. [assumed]

Current position

Unguiculata ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 55. [new position]

Alternative positions

Quadrupedia ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 37. [new position]

Historical positions

*Unguiculata* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 24, 55. [new position]
*Quadrupedia* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16, 37. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[10g]
1766	C. a Linné	[10g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[6g;36s;17v]

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