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Under construction Taxon: Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
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Original nameLinnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1..: 14-19
Original rank
Original spelling

Variants

Unranked nameMammalia Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

IncludingJumenta (Order) nom. inval.
IncludingPinnata C. Linnaeus, 1758
IncludingPlagiuri (Order) nom. inval.
IncludingQuadrupedia C. Linnaeus, 1758
IncludingQuadrupedia (Class) nom. inval.[C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16]
IncludingQvadrupedia (Class) nom. inval.

Taxonomic positions

Original positionAnimalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758
Original positionRegnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent positionMammaliaformes Rowe, 1988
Subsequent positionTetrapoda (Superclass) Goodrich, 1930

Vernacular Names

Dutch:zoogdieren
English:mammals

Number of Subtaxa

2013Available in Systema Naturae 200027o;137f;1157g;4932s;2053ss;2v; ‡1o;10f;52g;108s;33ss; †42o;326f;4492g;1172s;78ss
1989-presentSystema Naturae 2000[27o;137f; ‡1o;10f;52g; †42o;326f;4492g]
2005D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: xxvi1229g;5416s
1997M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell[24o;125f;1081g; ‡1o;6f;43g; †21o;294f;4034g]
1993D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder[26o;133f];1135[1112]g;4629[4545]s; ‡[3f;23g;88s]
1991G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill[21o;132f;1061g];4327[4316]s; ‡[1f;5g;38s]
1991R.M. Nowak21o135f1,116g4,444s
1982A.F. DeBlase2sc;[22o;132f]
1982L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz2sc<20o4,500s
1979T.I. Storer et al.4,060s
1945G.G. Simpson: [18o]
1766C. Linnaeus[7o;40g]
1758C. Linnaeus[8o;39g;185s;42v]
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