Pudella mephistophiles

(de Winton, 1896)

Northern Pudu

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Pudella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1896-08. On some mammals from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(2):507-513.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200515

Original name as described

Pudua mephistophiles

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1896.1.28.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd437c06-0371-45f9-9951-487e4e311808

Type locality

Papallacta, Napo-Pastaza (Ecuador).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006304

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

Pudua mephistophiles

(de Winton, 1896)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophiles

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.1.28.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd437c06-0371-45f9-9951-487e4e311808

Authority page

508

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200515

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pudua mephistopheles

(Lydekker, 1898)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistopheles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573671

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1898:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40827)
Thomas (1908:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62932059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35835)
Lönnberg (1913:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudella mephistophiles

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophiles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636149

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16427)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Pudu mepisthophiles

(Carette, 1922)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mepisthophiles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54375580

Authority publication

Revista del Museo de La Plata

Mazama fusca

(Spillmann, 1931)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EPN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37, 41

Authority publication

Quito

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudella mephistophelis

Cabrera & Yepes, 1940

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

278

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudu (Pudella) mephistophiles wetmorei

(F. C. Lehmann, 1945)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

wetmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNUCP 3801

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Revista de la Universidad de Cauca, Popayán

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pudu mephistophiles wetmoorei

(Hoffstetter, 1952)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

wetmoorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

369

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France

Pudu mephistopheles

(Sanborn, 1953)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistopheles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado"

Name usages

Sanborn (1953:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41452)
Voss (2003:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2297)

Pudu mephistophelis

(Keirans, 1973)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mephistophelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Journal of Medical Entomology

Name usages

Keirans (1973:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65765)

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