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Taxon: Genus Echidna Cuvier, 1798, nom. illeg. (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  G. Cuvier, 1798, nom. praeocc.
Original name:  Cuvier, G. 1798. Tabl. ElĂ©ment.: 143.

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]. Nomencl. Zool.: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]

Types

Type of: Echidnida (Order) Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [inferred]

Homonyms

Junior homonym (allowed): Echidna (Moon) (2006) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 28 Sep 2013.
Senior homonym: Echidna (Genus) Forster, 1788 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008]. [implicit]
Junior homonym: Echidna (Genus) corrig. Alain et al. 2010 nom. illeg. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [10 Apr 2026].

Synonyms

Accepted name: Syphomia (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: 1815: 57.
Accepted name: Tachyglossus (Genus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Replacement name: Echinopus (Genus) Fischer de Waldheim, 1814 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
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