Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, [email protected]
Reference for:
Orycteropus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Orycteropus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Orycteropus
Orycteropus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Orycteropus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Sherborn (1902:701) and Allen (1939:270) gave Orycteropus "Geoffroy, Decad. Phil. et Litt. XXVIII. 1795", but it is untraceable. Meester et al. (1986:182) reviewed and assigned the correct generic name