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Lycaon Brookes, 1827

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom vol.5 p.151

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Canidae
genus
Lycaon

Name

Synonyms
Cynhyaena Cuvier, 1829
Cynhyoena Lesson, 1842
Cynohyoena de Blainville, 1837
Cynus Agassiz, 1846
Hyaenoides Gervais, 1855
Hyenoides Boitard, 1841
Kynos Rüppell, 1842
Lycaon Gray, 1825
Homonyms
Lycaon Brookes, 1827
Lycaon Wagler, 1830
Lycaon Blackburn, 1871
Lycaon Gray, 1825
Lycaon Bonvouloir, 1875
Common names
African wild dogs in English
Afrika Yabani Köpekgili in Turkish
Afrikanische Wildhunde in German
Cane selvatico africano in Italian
Cão-selvagem africano in Portuguese
Licaone in Italian
Wildehonde in Afrikaans
likaon in Polish
savannikoirat in Finnish
Λυκάων in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Гиеновидные собаки in Russian
Гиеновые собаки in Russian
リカオン属 in Japanese
非洲野犬属 in Chinese
아프리카들개속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)
  3. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  4. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  7. Sillero-Zubiri, C. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Canidae (Dogs). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 352-446.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  12. as per family
  13. in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.
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