Controversial scientific names of African mammals

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-109

  Grubb, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Mammals; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; NOMENCLATURE;

AFRICA;

ALCELAPHINAE; ALCELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS CAAMA; ARVICANTHIS; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; CEPHALOPHINAE; CEPHALOPHUS ZEBRA; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO DILEPIS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; CRICETOMYS; CRICETOMYS EMINI; DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS; DILEPIS; GALAGOIDES; GALAGOIDES DEMIDOFF; GENETTA; GENETTA MACULATA; GENETTA PARDINA; GRAPHIURUS; GRAPHIURUS HUETI; HIPPOTRAGINAE; HIPPOTRAGUS; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; LAVIA; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; MYOMYS; MYOTIS; PELEINAE; POTAMOCHOERUS; PROCOLOBUS; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS PENNANTII; REDUNCINAE; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII; VESPERTILIO; XERUS ERYTHROPUS;

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