Taxonomy Profile: Cuniculus (Brisson 1762)

Cuniculus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Agouti
Lacépède 1799
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cuniculus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
hystricognath rodents |
Family : Cuniculidae
Genus : Cuniculus
Cuniculus Direct Children(s):
Cuniculus paca
(Linnaeus 1766)
Cuniculus taczanowskii
(Stolzmann 1865)
Cuniculus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Cuniculus
Cuniculus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cuniculus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: The generic name of this taxon has been debated (see Pérez, 1992), but the nomenclatural instability of this genus was resolved by the ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998) for the conservation of Cuniculus Brisson, 1762