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Camelidae Gray 1821

Description

Camelidae Gray 1821

Camelidae Gray 1821, London Med. Repos., 15: 307.

Synonyms: Aucheniini Bonaparte 1845; Lamini Webb 1965.

Genera: 3 genera with 4 species:

Genus Camelus Linnaeus 1758 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Lama G. Cuvier 1800 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Vicugna Lesson 1842 (1 species)

Discussion: Extant camelids all belong to the Camelinae (McKenna and Bell, 1997). Includes as Tribes Camelini (including Camelus) and Aucheniini (including Lama). Lamini does not have priority over Aucheniini (Aucheniinae Bonaparte) (Article 40.2, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 645, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Camelidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Camelidae Gray, 1821 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. London Medical Repository, 15 (1): 296 - 310.
  • Bonaparte, C. - L. J. L. 1845. Catalogo methodico dei mammiferi Europei. L. di Giacomo Pirola, Milano, 36 pp.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
  • International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.