Moschiola indica

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Indian Chevrotain

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1852-12-11. Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. Ungulata Furcipeda. British Museum, British Museum Catalogue, 281 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956659

Original name as described

Meminna indica

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.8.12.10 (= BMNH:Mamm:679a), BMNH:Mamm:1845.8.12.9

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Eastern Ghats", India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal?

Taxonomy notes

split from M. meminna

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P., & Meijaard, E. (2005). Interspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian chevrotain. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 12, 413-421.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006352

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.

Meminna indica

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.8.12.10 (= BMNH:Mamm:679a), BMNH:Mamm:1845.8.12.9

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956659

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Kelaart (1852:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  3. Blyth (1863:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Gray (1872:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Meminna indica

(E. L. Layard, 1851)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)

Memmina indica

(Kelaart, 1890)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Kelaart (1890:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Moschiola indica

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136585/61979067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tragulus Memennoides

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

memennoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tragulus Mimenoides

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

mimenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

914

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758428

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Meminna Indica

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729901

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1847:694, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  2. Gray (1850:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Moschiola Mimenoides

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

mimenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

292

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405527

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

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