IRMNG - Macroscelides Smith, 1829

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Macroscelides Smith, 1829

IRMNG_ID

1016544 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1016544)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838

Synonymised names

Eumeres Gervais, 1844 · unaccepted

Eumerus Geoffroy, 1829 · unaccepted

Macroscelis Fischer, 1830 · unaccepted

Macroschelides Blyth in Blyth, 1840 · unaccepted

Rhinomys Lichtenstein, 1831-34 · unaccepted

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Species Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw, 1800)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Smith, A. (1829). Contributions to the natural history of South Africa. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 4(16): 433-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310842
page(s): 435 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as A. Smith, 1829.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as A. Smith, 1829. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Macroscelides Smith, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1016544 on 2024-04-16

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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Sources (13)
Notes (2)

original description Smith, A. (1829). Contributions to the natural history of South Africa. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 4(16): 433-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310842
page(s): 435 [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 Macroschelides Blyth in Blyth, 1840) in Blyth etc., Cuvier's Anim. Kingd.
page(s): 77 [details]

original description (of Eumeres Gervais, 1844) Dict. Univ. H. N., 5
page(s): 495 [details]

original description (of Eumerus Geoffroy, 1829) Ann. Sci. Nat., 18, 470 (Table). [details]

original description (of Rhinomys Lichtenstein, 1831-34) Darst. Säugth. Berlin, (7) [p. 17], (8), pl. xxxviii. [details]

original description (of Macroscelis Fischer, 1830) Syn. Mamm., Add.
page(s): 657 [details]

From other sources

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as A. Smith, 1829. [details]

Type species as cited Macroscelides typus A. Smith, 1829 (= Sorex proboscideus Shaw, 1800). [details]