However, in 2001 M.J.P. van Oijen discovered that Swiss naturalist Heinrich Rudolf Schinz had provided an earlier translation of Cuvier's text with the proper scientific name in 1822, and subsequently the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) rendered a decision that this species is properly attributed to Schinz.
In 2001, M.J.P. van Oijen found that Heinrich Rudolf Schinz had translated Cuvier's text with the correct scientific name in 1822, and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) later decided to attribute this species to Schinz.