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Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Primates
family
Hominidae
genus
Homo
species
Homo sapiens

Name

Synonyms
Homo americanus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo arabicus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo australasicus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo cafer Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo capensis Broom, 1917
Homo columbicus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo cro-magnonensis Gregory, 1921
Homo drennani Kleinschmidt, 1931
Homo fossilis protoaethiopicus Giuffrida-Ruggeri, 1915
Homo grimaldii Lapouge, 1906
Homo hottentotus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo hyperboreus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo indicus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo japeticus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo melaninus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo monstrosus Linnaeus, 1758
Homo neptunianus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo palestinus McCown & Keith, 1932
Homo patagonus Bory de St.Vincent, 1825
Homo priscus Lapouge, 1899
Homonyms
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Amegbetɔ in Ewe
Anishinaabe in Ojibwa
Binadamu in Swahili
Cilvēks in Latvian
Człowiek Rozumny in Polish
Den in Breton
Diné in Navajo
Donna in Italian
Dyn in Welsh
Dynion in Welsh
Düşünen İnsan in Turkish
Ember in Hungarian
Essere umano in Italian
Este in language.
Gizaki in Basque
Hattak in language.
Haza in language.
Homa in Esperanto
Hombre in Spanish
Homme de Cro-Magnon in French
Homme moderne, Homme de Cro-Magnon in French
Homo in Latin
Homoj in Esperanto
Humain in French
Human in language.
Human in English
Human in English
Human in English
Human in English
Human in English
Humano in Spanish
Humans in English
Humans in English
Humans in English
Humà in Catalan–Valencian
Inimene in Estonian
Ipogaw in language.
Kanaka in language.
Loài người in Vietnamese
Manusia in Malay
Maður in Icelandic
Menneske in Norwegian Bokmål
Menniskja in Faroese
Menniskjað in Faroese
Mens in Afrikaans
Mensch in German
Mensch in German
Minsk in language.
Minske in Western Frisian
Modern Human in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. xxxv + 743.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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