Orycteropus G. Cuvier 1798

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Tubulidentata, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 86-86 : 86

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/195F5E70-FA1E-7476-00CD-628B9EF733DE
treatment provided by	Guido
scientific name	Orycteropus G. Cuvier 1798
status

Treatment

Orycteropus G. Cuvier 1798 , Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim., Vol. 1798: 144.

Type Species: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin 1788

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 17 subspecies:

Species Orycteropus afer (Pallas 1766)

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. afer Pallas 1766

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. adametzi Grote 1921

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. aethiopicus Sundevall 1843

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. angolensis Zukowsky and Haltenorth 1957

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. erikssoni Lönnberg 1906

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. faradjius Hatt 1932

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. haussanus Matschie 1900

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. kordofanicus Rothschild 1927

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. lademanni Grote 1911

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. leptodon Hirst 1906

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. matschiei Grote 1921

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. observandus Grote 1921

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. ruvanensis Grote 1921

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. senegalensis Lesson 1840

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. somalicus Lydekker 1908

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. wardi Lydekker 1908

Subspecies Orycteropus afer subsp. wertheri Matschie 1898

Discussion: 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.