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Monotypic taxon: Genus Cynocephalus Boddaert, 1768 - flying lemurs (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Boddaert, 1768:8.

Gender

Masculine Ref: Opinion 1077.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: Opinion 1077. ≡

Types

Type, by synonymy, of: Galeopithecidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 328. [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Cynocephalus volans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Accepted name: Papio (Genus) Müller, 1773 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Junior objective synonym: Galeopithecus (Genus) Pallas, 1783, nom. illeg. Ref: Opinion 1077.
Synonymous name: Colugo (Genus) Gray, 1870 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Dermopterus (Genus) Burnett, 1829 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Galeopithicus (Genus) Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Synonymous name: Galeopus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Pleuropterus (Genus) Burnett, 1829 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name (objective): Galeopithecus (Genus) Pallas, 1783, nom. illeg. Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 40.
Synonymous name (subjective): Galeopterus (Genus) Thomas, 1908 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 40.

Identifiers

Name Number (Official List Genus-Group):  2043 Ref: Opinion 1077. [new]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: vliegende katten

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: flying lemurs
: colugos
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