Homo sapiens

Linnaeus, 1758

Human

Figure 1. Photograph by B. Stanley.

Figure 2. Photograph by P. Lai.

Type Description:

Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:20

Type Locality:

Sweden, Uppsala.

Measurements:

Total length: 740-2430 mm

Head and body: 1630-1720 mm

Weight: 52-75 kg

Distribution:

Distributed on every continent except Antarctica, humans can be found in major cities, towns, villages, nomadic tribes, and solitary dwellings throughout the world and can survive to certain extent in many vegetation types and most habitable altitudes. (Kingdon, 1984)

Key Reference:

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1:108-115.
2. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:613-615, 626-631.