Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- <i>Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica</i>, Ed. 2, pp. 12, 80
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Caviidae
- genus
- Hydrochoerus
Name
- Synonyms
- Capibara Moussy, 1860
- Capiguara Liais, 1872
- Hydrochaeris Brisson, 1762
- Hydrochaeris Brünnich, 1772
- Hydrochaerus Brisson, 1762
- Hydrochaerus Erxleben, 1777
- Hydrocharus Brisson, 1762
- Hydrocheirus Hollande & Batisse, 1959
- Hydrocherus Cuvier, 1829
- Hydrochoenus Gray, 1821
- Hydrochoerus Wagler, 1830
- Xenohydrochoerus Rusconi, 1934
- Homonyms
- Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762
- Hydrochoerus Wagler, 1830
- Hydrochoerus Gray, 1821
- Common names
- capybara in English
Bibliographic References
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998: OPINION 1894: Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles.... Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 55, part 1. 64-71.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1894 Regnum Animale?, Ed. 2 (M. J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for Nomenciatural purposes, with the conservation of the Mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1), 64-71 (1998)
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Reg. Anim.
- SN2000/ICZN, 1998
- SN2000/ICZN, 1998, PaleoDB
- 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.
- 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.
- Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.
- Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600.
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