Babyrousa celebensis

(Deninger, 1911)

Sulawesi Babirusa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Family : Suidae
Genus : Babyrousa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Deninger, K. 1911. Über Babirusa. Berichte der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 18:1-22.

Authority publication link

https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_articles.php?id=285546

Original name as described

Babirusa Celebensis

Type locality

Sulawesi.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006362

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.

Babyrousa babyrussa Merkusi

F. de Beaufort, 1963

Family

Suidae

Root name

merkusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

MNHN 128-681

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55054726

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Babyrousa celebensis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Suidae

Root name

celebensis

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 (2011:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136446/44142964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Babyrousa babyrussa celebensis

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Suidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

571

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Babirusa Celebensis

(Deninger, 1911)

Family

Suidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Berichte der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau

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