Pudella mephistophiles

(de Winton, 1896)

Northern Pudu

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Pudella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1896-08. On some mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(2):507-513.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200515

Original name as described

Pudua mephistophiles

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1896.1.28.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd437c06-0371-45f9-9951-487e4e311808

Type locality

Papallacta, Napo-Pastaza (Ecuador).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006304

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pudua mephistophiles

(de Winton, 1896)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophiles

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.1.28.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd437c06-0371-45f9-9951-487e4e311808

Authority page

508

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200515

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mazama fusca

(Spillmann, 1931)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EPN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37, 41

Authority publication

Quito

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudu (Pudella) mephistophiles wetmorei

(F. C. Lehmann, 1945)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

wetmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNUCP 3801

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Revista de la Universidad de Cauca, Popayán

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudella mephistophiles

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophiles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636149

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Pudu mephistophiles

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophiles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18847/22163836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pudella mephistophila

Barrio, Gutiérrez, & D'Elía, 2024

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

582

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Pudua mephistopheles

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistopheles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62932059

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudu mepisthophiles

(Carette, 1922)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mepisthophiles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54375580

Authority publication

Revista del Museo de La Plata

Pudella mephistophelis

Cabrera & Yepes, 1940

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

278

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudu mephistophiles wetmoorei

(Hoffstetter, 1952)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

wetmoorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

369

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France

Pudu mephistophelis wetmori

(Keirans, 1973)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

wetmori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Journal of Medical Entomology

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