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Herpestes
Illiger, 1811
- common mongooses
(mammal)
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Entity:
Herpestinae (Subfamily) - mongooses
..Atilax (Genus) - marsh mongoose
..Galerella (Genus)
..†Kichechia (Genus)
..Herpestes (Genus) - common mongooses
....Herpestes (Subgenus)
....Herpestes brachyurus (Species) - short-tailed mongoose
....Herpestes edwardsi (Species) - Indian gray mongoose
....Herpestes fuscus (Species) - Indian brown mongoose
....Herpestes ichneumon (Species) - Egyptian mongoose
....Herpestes javanicus (Species) - small Asian mongoose
....Herpestes naso (Species) - long-nosed mongoose
....Herpestes semitorquatus (Species) - collared mongoose
....Herpestes smithii (Species) - ruddy mongoose
....Herpestes urva (Species) - crab-eating mongoose
....Herpestes vitticollis (Species) - stripe-necked mongoose
....Urva (Subgenus)
....Xenogale (Subgenus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 135.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
op. cit.: [302] (errata).
Types
Type of
:
Herpestinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1845
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Herpestes
(Subgenus)
Illiger, 1811
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Herpestes ichneumon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Herpertes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Herpetes
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1824
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Galerella
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name
:
Ichneumia
(Genus)
Geoffroy, 1837
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Calictis
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Calogale
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Onychogale
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Taeniogale
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Urva
(Genus)
Hodgson, 1837
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Xenogale
(Genus)
Allen, 1919
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Galerella
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
†
Leptoplesictis
(Genus)
Major, 1903
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
ichneumons
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common mongooses
:
mongooses
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