Porcula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Artiodactyla
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Artiodactyla

Familia: Suidae
Genus: Porcula
Species (1): P. salvania

Name

• Porcula Hodgson, 1847
  • Authority for current placement: Funk et al., 2007
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities

References

primary references

• Hodgson 1847: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16, 423; 1847 (Nov.), Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15, 115.

selected references

• Funk, S.M. et al. 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. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.007 PDF

additional references

• Funk, S.M. 2008: Restoration of the genus Porcula. Suiform soundings, PPHSG newsletter, 8(1): 41-44. PDF of whole issue
• Ghosh, M. 1988: The craniology and dentition in the pigmy hog, with a note on the generic status of Porcula Hodgson, 1847. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 85(2): 245-266. [not seen]

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus