Orycteropus

OrycteropusG. Cuvier, 1798

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

"Sherborn (1902:701) and Allen (1939:270) gave Orycteropus ""Geoffroy, Decad. Phil. et Litt. XXVIII. 1795"", but it is untraceable. Meester et al. (1986:182) reviewed and assigned the correct generic name."

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.