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Taxon: Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Herpestidae

Original position

Questionably Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Original entries

Questionably †*Kichechia* (Genus) Savage, 1965
Questionably *Liberiictis* (Genus) Hayman, 1958
Questionably *Rhynchogale* (Genus) Thomas, 1894

Subsequent entries

*Atilax* (Genus) Cuvier, 1826
*Bdeogale* (Genus) Peters, 1850
*Crossarchus* (Genus) Cuvier, 1825
*Cynictis* (Genus) Ogilby, 1833
*Helogale* (Genus) Gray, 1862
*Herpestes* (Genus) Illiger, 1811
*Ichneumia* (Genus) Geoffroy, 1837
*Mungos* (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
*Suricata* (Genus) Desmarest, 1804

Current position

Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 238.

Alternative positions

Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821

Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.

Historical positions

*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 238.
*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 300.
*Viverridae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.
*Viverridae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;15s;92ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2014	[3g;15s;92ss; †1g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[11g; †1g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[14g;32s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	13g;30s

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