IRMNG - Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821

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Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1029998 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1029998)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845

Synonymised names

Mephitis Desmarest, 1820 · unaccepted

Midaus Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1823 † · unaccepted

Mydans Hodgson, 1837 † · unaccepted

Mydaon Gloger, 1841 · unaccepted

Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939 · unaccepted

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Species Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest, 1820)
Species Mydaus marchei (Huet, 1887)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

in Geoffroy St. Hilaire & Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2 (27), Telagon
page(s): 2 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F.G. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F.G. Cuvier, 1821. Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F.G. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F.G. Cuvier, 1821. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1029998 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description in Geoffroy St. Hilaire & Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2 (27), Telagon
page(s): 2 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

habitat flag source as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) [details]

original description (of Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939) Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 86
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Midaus Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1823 †) in G. Cuvier, Rech. Oss. Foss., ed. 2, 4, 241
page(s): 474 [details]

original description (of Mydaon Gloger, 1841) Gemeinnütz. Naturges., 1, 1842, xxix
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Mydans Hodgson, 1837 †) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6
page(s): 561 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as F.G. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F.G. Cuvier, 1821. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Type species as cited Mydaus meliceps F. G. Cuvier, 1821 (= Mephitis javanensis Desmarest, 1820). [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939)