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IRMNG taxon detailsAotus Illiger, 1811
Anotus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted
Aotes Humboldt, 1812 · unaccepted (plural version of name, also a...)
plural version of name, also a later usage Aotus Humboldt, 1812 · unaccepted (later usage)
Nictipithecus Fischoeder, 1902 · unaccepted
Nocthora Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1824 · unaccepted
Nyctipithecus Spix, 1824 · unaccepted
recent + fossil
Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium.
page(s): 71 [details]
Taxonomic remark The nomenclatural status of "Aotus" is confused in the original publications and in subsequent literature. Humboldt, 1812...
Taxonomic remark The nomenclatural status of "Aotus" is confused in the original publications and in subsequent literature. Humboldt, 1812 (dated 1811 on the cover and frequently cited thus) used "Aotes", apparently a French plural version of the name, on p. 306 of his "Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée...", and "Aotus" on p. 358, crediting the name to Illiger; Illiger in turn (1811) credits the name to Humboldt, presumably in anticipation of the later work. An earlier edition of Humboldt's account had appeared in 1809 (dated 1805 on the cover) but the name does not appear there. In subsequent literature, Nomenclator Zoologicus treats Humboldt's "Aotes" (with year given as 1811) as the validly published instance, with "Aotus" an orthographic variant; McKenna & Bell, 1997, give the correct name as Aotus Humboldt, 1811; and Wilson & Reeder, 2005 give the name as Aotus Illiger, 1811, which appears to be correct, in which case Aotus Humboldt, 1812 ("1811") becomes a later usage, and Aotes Humboldt, 1812 ("1811") a non-name (French plural vernacular name), both the latter treated as unaccepted in IRMNG. [details]
IRMNG (2024). Aotus Illiger, 1811. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1277034 on 2024-04-19
original description
Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium.
page(s): 71 [details] basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details] basis of record 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] 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 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] 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, PaleoDB [details] habitat flag source as per family [details] original description (of Aotus Humboldt, 1812) Humboldt, F. H. A.; Bonpland, A. (1812). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Volume 1. F. Schoell & G. Dufour, Paris, 368 pp. page(s): 358; note: as Aotes p. 306 [details] original description (of Nictipithecus Fischoeder, 1902) Paramphistom. Säugeth. page(s): 49 [details] original description (of Nocthora Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1824) in Geoffroy St. Hilaire & Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 3 (43) Douroucouli, p page(s): 3 [details] original description (of Nyctipithecus Spix, 1824) Sim. Vesp. Brasil. page(s): 24 [details] original description (of Aotes Humboldt, 1812) Humboldt, F. H. A.; Bonpland, A. (1812). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Volume 1. F. Schoell & G. Dufour, Paris, 368 pp. page(s): 306; note: as Aotus p. 358 [details] original description (of Anotus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] From other sources
Taxonomic remark The nomenclatural status of "Aotus" is confused in the original publications and in subsequent literature. Humboldt, 1812 (dated 1811 on the cover and frequently cited thus) used "Aotes", apparently a French plural version of the name, on p. 306 of his "Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée...", and "Aotus" on p. 358, crediting the name to Illiger; Illiger in turn (1811) credits the name to Humboldt, presumably in anticipation of the later work. An earlier edition of Humboldt's account had appeared in 1809 (dated 1805 on the cover) but the name does not appear there. In subsequent literature, Nomenclator Zoologicus treats Humboldt's "Aotes" (with year given as 1811) as the validly published instance, with "Aotus" an orthographic variant; McKenna & Bell, 1997, give the correct name as Aotus Humboldt, 1811; and Wilson & Reeder, 2005 give the name as Aotus Illiger, 1811, which appears to be correct, in which case Aotus Humboldt, 1812 ("1811") becomes a later usage, and Aotes Humboldt, 1812 ("1811") a non-name (French plural vernacular name), both the latter treated as unaccepted in IRMNG. [details]Type species as cited Simia trivirgata Humboldt, 1809. (Year corrected from Wilson & Reeder ("1811") according to information from N. Evenhuis, email to T. Rees June 2021. [details] |
