MSW Scientific Names

Otocolobus



• Author........ : Brandt, 1842.
  
• Citation...... : Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 9:col. 38.
  
  
• Type Species.. : Felis manul Pallas, 1776ref, by original designation.
  
  
• Comments...... : Palmer (1904:487ref) and Allen (1938ref) believed that Otocolobus Severtzov, 1858ref, was a junior homonym of Otocolobus Brandt, 1844ref, a subgenus of Sciuridae, and suggested using Trichaelurus Satunin, 1905ref. ...[more]...