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Monotypic taxon: Genus Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards, 1870 - giant panda (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Milne-Edwards, 1870. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 70: 342.
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Types

Type of: Ailuropodinae (Subfamily) Grevé, 1894
Type, by monotypy: Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)

Variants

Different spelling: Ailuropus (Genus) Milne-Edwards, 1871, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Aelureidopus (Genus) Woodward, 1915 Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous name: Pandarctos (Genus) Gervais, 1870, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: giant panda
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