Hyemoschus aquaticus

(W. Ogilby, 1841)

Water Chevrotain

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Tragulina
Family : Tragulidae
Genus : Hyemoschus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ogilby, W. 1841-01. The Secretary also called the attention of the Members present to a species of Musk Deer, from Sierra Leone, which had been brought from that part of Africa by Mr. Whitfield, who had kindly allowed it to be exhibited to the Meeting. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:35.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571470

Original name as described

Moschus aquaticus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.28.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:680b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/842bfe29-327a-4052-b284-be85fa89fe93 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b77f4870-1dae-4e9c-9ad6-46f844c982b3

Type locality

Bulham Creek, Sierra Leone.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006351

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.

Moschus aquaticus

(W. Ogilby, 1841)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

aquaticus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.28.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:680b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/842bfe29-327a-4052-b284-be85fa89fe93 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b77f4870-1dae-4e9c-9ad6-46f844c982b3

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571470

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Dorcatherium aquaticum typicum

(Lydekker, 1906)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1846.2.28.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:680b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/842bfe29-327a-4052-b284-be85fa89fe93 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b77f4870-1dae-4e9c-9ad6-46f844c982b3

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051437

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Dorcatherium aquaticum batesi

(Lydekker, 1906)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.23.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35ce8353-b085-423f-9ee8-782c42d6a1c4

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051437

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Dorcatherium aquaticum cottoni

(Lydekker, 1906)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f6a3860-89bc-430b-95e4-873be52c45db

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051437

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hyemoschus aquaticus

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

aquaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595022

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  3. Gray (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  4. Schwarz (1920:892, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  9. Groves & Grubb (2011:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10341/50188841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dorcatherium aquaticum

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

aquaticum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741606

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Hyemoschus aquaticus cottoni

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

893

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763864

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:893, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hyemoschus aquaticus aquaticus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

aquaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

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