Anthropomorpha

Anthropomorpha (original spelling: Antropomorpha^[2]) is a defunct taxon, replaced by Primates.^[3]

The order was established by Carl Linnaeus in the first edition of his book Systema Naturae (1735) for genera Homo (humans), Simia (monkeys and apes in general) and Bradypus (sloths).^[4] The taxon is notable for the history of human taxonomy as the first to combine apes (Linnaeus' Simia) and humans under the same clade.^[5]

In the 1758 edition of the same book, Linnaeus discarded this name and began to use the word Primates, which has replaced Anthropomorpha completely. A dissertation on the Anthropomorpha was published by Linnaeus' student Christian Emmanuel Hoppius in 1760.^[6]

The name is no longer considered valid, as the animals that were included within Anthropomorpha are now believed to belong to multiple clades. For example, two-toed sloths were included within Anthropomorpha,^[7] but are now considered to be in the family Choloepodidae, which is not closely related to the primates.^[8] Comte de Buffon ^{[year needed]} correctly rejected the combination of sloths and primates within the same order.^[7]

References

^ C. E. Hoppius, "Anthropomorpha", Amoenitates Academicae vol. 6 (1763).
^ Linnaeus, C.: Systema Naturae 1748
^ Porter, N., ed. (1913). "Anthropomorpha". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. G & C. Merriam.
^ Linnaeus, C. (1735). Systema naturae sive regna tria Naturae systematice proposita per classes, ordines, genera, & species. apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum. pp. s.p.
^ Sven Horstadius, Linnaeus, animals and man, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 6 (December 1974), 269–275 (p. 273).
^ C. E. Hoppius (6 September 1760). "Anthropomorpha" (PDF). Amoenitates Academicae. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-13.
^ a b Conniff, R. (December 30, 2007). "Forgotten, Yes. But Happy Birthday Anyway". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.^{[unreliable source?]}
^ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[1] C. E. Hoppius, "Anthropomorpha", Amoenitates Academicae vol. 6 (1763).

[2] Linnaeus, C.: Systema Naturae 1748

[3] Porter, N., ed. (1913). "Anthropomorpha". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. G & C. Merriam.

[4] Linnaeus, C. (1735). Systema naturae sive regna tria Naturae systematice proposita per classes, ordines, genera, & species. apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum. pp. s.p.

[5] Sven Horstadius, Linnaeus, animals and man, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 6 (December 1974), 269–275 (p. 273).

[6] C. E. Hoppius (6 September 1760). "Anthropomorpha" (PDF). Amoenitates Academicae. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-13.

[nyt-7] Conniff, R. (December 30, 2007). "Forgotten, Yes. But Happy Birthday Anyway". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.^{[unreliable source?]}

[msw3-8] Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.