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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
Abstract

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.

"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," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 81(1), 137-138, (31 December 2024). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v81.a026
Published: 31 December 2024
KEYWORDS
Availability
nomenclature
Perissodactyla
tapiridae
Tapirus
Tapirus kabomani
Tapirus pygmaeus
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