64 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1) March 1998 OPINION 1894 Regnunt Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenciatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla) Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Mammalia; Marsupialia; Chiroptera; Rodentia; Carnivora; Perissodactyla; Artiodactyla; Philander: Pteropus; Glis; Cuniculus: Hydrochoerus; Meles; Lutra; Hyaena; Tapirus; Tragulus; Giraffa; opossums; fruit bats; dormice; pacas; capybaras; badgers; otters; hyaenas; tapirs; chevrotains; giraffes. Ruling (1) It is hereby ruled that the work by M.J. Brisson (1762) entitled Regnum Animale in classes IX distribulum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2. is rejected for nomenciatural purposes, i.e. for nomenciatural acts and for names other than Odobenus (previously conserved in Opinion 467, May 1957) and those conserved in (2)(a) below. (2) Under the plenary powers: (a) it is hereby ruled that the following generic names are to be taken as first available from Brisson (1762) despite that being a rejected work, and not from any other work previously published: (i) Philander; (ii) Pteropus; (iii) Glis; (iv) Cuniculus; (v) Hydrochoerus; (vi) Meles; (vii) Lutra; (viii) Hyaena; (ix) Tapirus; (x) Tragulus; (xi) Giraffa; (b) all previous fixations of type species are hereby set aside for the following nominal genera and the nominal species listed are designated as the respective type species: (i) Philander Brisson, 1762: type species Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758; (ii) Pteropus Brisson, 1762: type species Vesperiilio niger Kerr, 1792; (iii) Glis Brisson, 1762: type species Sciurus glis Linnaeus, 1766; (iv) Cuniculus Brisson, 1762: type species Mus paca Linnaeus, 1766; (v) Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1 762: type species Sus hvdrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766;
Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale…, Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenciatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla)
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