IRMNG - Alces Gray, 1821

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Alces Gray, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1419226 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1419226)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cervidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Achlis Fischer, 1829 · unaccepted

Achlys Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Alce Frisch, 1775 · unaccepted

Alce Smith, 1827 · unaccepted (variant spelling)

Alcelaphus Gloger, 1841 · unaccepted

Alcis Gray, 1850 · unaccepted

Alus Gray, 1825 · unaccepted

Paralces Allen, 1902 · unaccepted

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Species Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lond. Med. Reposit., 15
page(s): 307 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark nec Alce Blumenbach 1799 see Alus Gray 1825 and Paralces Allen 1902 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark nec Alce Blumenbach 1799 see Alus Gray 1825 and Paralces Allen 1902 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Alces Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1419226 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Lond. Med. Reposit., 15
page(s): 307 [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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 Achlys Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Alcis Gray, 1850) Glean. Menag. Knowsley (Hoof. Quadr.)
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Achlis Fischer, 1829) Syn. Mamm.
page(s): 440 [details]

original description (of Alcelaphus Gloger, 1841) Gemeinnütz. Naturges., 1
page(s): 143 [details]

original description (of Alce Smith, 1827) in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm. Syn.
page(s): 303 [details]

original description (of Alus Gray, 1825) Ann. Phil., 26
page(s): 342 [details]

original description (of Paralces Allen, 1902) Allen, J. A. (1902). Nomenclatorial notes on American mammals. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 16: 159-168.
page(s): 160 [details]

From other sources

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark nec Alce Blumenbach 1799 see Alus Gray 1825 and Paralces Allen 1902 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Type species as cited Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Paralces Allen, 1902)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Paralces Allen, 1902)