Tragulus napu

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1822)

Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain

Also as Greater Mouse-deer.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Danum valleyDate taken:Aug 8, 2008

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3001

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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1822-11. Livraison 37. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1818-1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. Blaise, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44499683

Original name as described

Moschus Napu

Type material

MNHN:type:519 (= MNHN "166-573")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sumatra, Indonesia. Restricted by Sody in 1931 to southern Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Cambodia? · Laos? · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006357

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 72 names and synonyms.

Moschus Napu

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1822)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

napu

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:519 (= MNHN "166-573")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 329 p. 4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44499683

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:459, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Lesson (1827:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  5. Lesson (1842:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Moschus Stanleyanus

(J. E. Gray, 1836)

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

stanleyanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1848.10.11.6, BMNH:Mamm:1848.12.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93b890de-1f0e-4294-abf5-3b04e5831abe https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b196f02c-5b00-4e0b-9574-08883047098d

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570790

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1850:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)

Tragulus Stanleyanus

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

stanleyanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956662

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Milne-Edwards (1864:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29128075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69487)
  3. Gray (1872:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  4. Sclater (1872:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Tragulus Napu

A. Milne-Edwards, 1864

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

napu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29128073

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Milne-Edwards (1864:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29128073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69487)
  2. Blanford (1878:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68519)
  3. Lyon (1908:628, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17209)
  4. Lyon (1911:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  5. Miller (1942:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12073)
  6. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  7. Davis (1962:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Grubb (1993:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  12. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  14. Groves & Grubb (2011:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  15. Groves & Grubb (2011:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41781/61978315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tragulus annae

Matschie, 1897

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

annae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791317

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Tragulus canescens

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3920a245b-b265-4624-9b6f-edc3b0ad5de1

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308187

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Tragulus rufulus

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101767

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f907bfe3-ada8-406d-bea7-844cfc7cfeca

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872257

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tragulus umbrinus

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

umbrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:104414

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a1c745e4-f062-48e3-840e-c424029a4f65

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308193

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Tragulus bunguranensis

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

bunguranensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:104604

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e087f52e-5730-494e-ab26-1aefb50e45e8

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Tragulus borneanus

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Tragulidae

Root name

borneanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:19205 (= USNM:MAMM:A34924)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/381152f7b-94e1-4acd-aa0c-9ac644ceba2c

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365069

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

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