Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck 1765)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 648

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Cervus javanicus Osbeck 1765 , Reise nach Ostindien und China: 357.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Udjung Kulon Peninsula, "Nieu Bay" (Meeuwenbaai or Muara Tjikuja), Jankolan (Djungkulan) kampong; identified by Van Bemmel (1949 b) and Hoogerwerf (1970:353) .

Vernacular Names: Java Mouse-deer.

Synonyms: Tragulus focalinus Miller 1903 ; Tragulus indicus Brisson 1765 ; Tragulus indicus (Gmelin 1788) ; Tragulus jasanicus (C. H. Smith 1827) ; Tragulus javanicus (Gmelin 1788) ; Tragulus javensis Pallas 1779 .

Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Meijaard and Groves (2004) were not convinced that Cervus javanicus Osbeck, 1765 is a mouse-deer and preferred to date the name from Tragulus javanicus (Gmelin, 1788) . Until their evidence is published, the older name is retained here. Tragulus javensis Pallas, 1779 is available and predates Moschus javanicus Gmelin, 1788 . The two names are objective synonyms because they are both based on the description of a specimen by Pallas (1777, fasc. 12, p. 18), but javensis has not been noticed and is a nomen oblitum.

References

Hoogerwerf, A. 1970. Udjung Kulon. The land of the last Javan rhinoceros. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 512 pp.

Meijaard, E., and C. P. Groves. 2004. A taxonomic revision of the Tragulus mouse-deer (Artiodactyla). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140: 63 - 102.

Smith, C. H. 1827. The seventh order of the Mammalia. The Ruminantia. Pp. 1 - 428, in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, & c. & c. & c. with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed (E. Griffith, C. H. [amilton] Smith, and E. Pidgeon, eds.). G. B. Whitaker, London, 4: 1 - 498.

Van Bemmel, A. C. V. 1949 b. Notes on Indo-Australian mammals. 1. A note on Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy) (Mustelidae). 2. On the meaning of the name Cervus javanicus Osbeck 1765 (Tragulidae). Treubia, 20: 375 - 380.