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SPECIES Homo sapiens

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 20.
Common Name:Human
Type Locality:Sweden, Uppsala.
Distribution:Cosmopolitan.
Status:CITES – Appendix II as Order Primates; absolutely not endangered.
Comments:Most of the synonyms have fossil specimens as their type specimens; Bory de St. Vincent’s names refer to living geographic varieties of modern humans.
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