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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Vombatus
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
- common wombat
(mammal)
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Entity:
Vombatidae (Family) - wombats
..Lasiorhinus (Genus) - hairy-nosed wombats
..†Phascolonus (Genus)
..†Ramsayia (Genus)
..†Rhizophascolonus (Genus)
..†Warendja (Genus)
..Vombatus (Genus) - common wombat
....Vombatus ursinus (Species) - coarse-haired wombat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803:185.
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Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Vombatidae
(Family)
Burnett, 1830
Type, by original designation
:
Vombatus ursinus
(Shaw, 1800)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Opossum
(Genus)
Perry, 1810
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Phascolomys
(Genus)
Dumeril, 1806
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Phascolomis
(Genus)
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wombats
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common wombat
:
coarse-haired wombat
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