Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 182

Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758

Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 20 .

Type Locality: Sweden, Uppsala.

Vernacular Names: Human.

Synonyms: Homo aethiopicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo americanus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo arabicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo aurignacensis Klaatsch and Hauser 1910 ; Homo australasicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo cafer Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo capensis Broom 1917 ; Homo columbicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo cro-magnonensis Gregory 1921 ; Homo drennani Kleinschmidt 1931 ; Homo eurafricanus (Sergi 1911) ; Homo grimaldiensis Gregory 1921 ; Homo grimaldii Lapouge 1906 ; Homo hottentotus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo hyperboreus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo indicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo japeticus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo melaninus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo monstrosus Linnaeus 1758 ; Homo neptunianus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo palestinus McCown and Keith 1932 ; Homo patagonus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo priscus Lapouge 1899 ; Homo proto-aethiopicus Giuffrida-Ruggeri 1915 ; Homo scythicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo sinicus Bory de St. Vincent 1825 ; Homo spelaeus Lapouge 1899 ; Homo troglodytes Linnaeus 1758 ; Homo wadjakensis Dubois 1921 .

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II as Order Primates ; absolutely not endangered.

Discussion: 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.