The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its specific powers to rule that the name Tapirus pygmaeus van Roosmalen & van Hooft, 2013 was made available in a book titled “Barefoot through the Amazon: on the path of evolution” and that this name has priority over Tapirus kabomani Cozzuol, Clozato, Holanda, Rodrigues, Nienow, De Thoisy, Redondo & Santos, 2013 whenever both names are considered to be synonyms.
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31 December 2024
Opinion 2503 (Case 3650) – Tapirus pygmaeus van Roosmalen & van Hooft, 2013 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Tapiridae): confirmation of availability of the specific name and of the book in which this nominal species was proposed
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Availability
nomenclature
Perissodactyla
tapiridae
Tapirus
Tapirus kabomani
Tapirus pygmaeus