Tragulus nigricans

O. Thomas, 1892

Balabac Chevrotain

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1892-03-01. On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(51):250-254.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268480

Original name as described

Tragulus nigricans

Other common names

Pilandok

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.11.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1006a258-b04a-46c2-b1d3-f5f97a200768

Type locality

Balabac, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006358

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.

Tragulus nigricans

O. Thomas, 1892

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.11.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1006a258-b04a-46c2-b1d3-f5f97a200768

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268480

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22065/61977991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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