Moschiola meminna

(Erxleben, 1777)

White-spotted 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873119

Original name as described

Moschus Meminna

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Type locality selected by Groves & Meijaard in 2005 as Wariyapola, 7° 37' N, 80° 13' E, North Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. indica and populations now attributed to M. kathygre

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/1006354

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 Meminna

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

meminna

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873119

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1814:xiv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Lesson (1827:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Fischer (1829:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tragulus meminna

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

meminna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Moschiola meminna

Grubb, 2005

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

meminna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41779/73575223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tragulus ceylonensis

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

ceylonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

28 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823450

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Moschus memina

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

memina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637241

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Lesson (1842:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Moschus meminea

(Tiedemann, 1808)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

meminea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

418

Authority publication

Landshut

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