Tragulus versicolor

O. Thomas, 1910

Silver-backed 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. 1910-06-01. Three new Asiatic mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(30):534-536.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094972

Original name as described

Tragulus versicolor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2da20bbd-5759-4ff8-be31-57d8513913fc

Type locality

Nhatrang, Annam, Viet Nam.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Vietnam · Cambodia? · Laos?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006359

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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 versicolor

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

versicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2da20bbd-5759-4ff8-be31-57d8513913fc

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094972

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:330) (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 #136360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136360/61978789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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