Porcula salvania

Hodgson, 1847

Pygmy Hog

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16, 423

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40130564

Original name as described

Porcula salvania

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/29de9751-7345-4ae1-9fd2-8588a4693570

Type locality

Sikkim Terai, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Bhutan?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Sus to Porcula

Taxonomy notes citation

Funk, S. M., Verma, S. K., Larson, G., Prasad, K., Singh, L., Narayan, G., & Fa, J. E. (2007). The pygmy hog is a unique genus: 19th century taxonomists got it right first time round. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45(2), 427-436.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006367

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.

Porcula salvania

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Suidae

Root name

salvania

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/29de9751-7345-4ae1-9fd2-8588a4693570

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40130564

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21172/44139115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sus salvanius

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Suidae

Root name

salvanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Groves (1981:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1233)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:315, 316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Sus lilliputensis

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Suidae

Root name

lilliputensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

15

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Porcula salviana

Fitzinger, 1865

Family

Suidae

Root name

salviana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

407

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6445478

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Porcula salviania

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Suidae

Root name

salviania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664516

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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