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Mellivora (ratel)
Taxonomy
Mellivora was named by Storr (1780). It is extant. Its type is Viverra capensis.
It was assigned to Gulonina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); to Mellivorinae by Hendey (1974), Valenciano et al. (2018); and to Mellivorini by Valenciano and Govender (2020).
It was assigned to Gulonina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); to Mellivorinae by Hendey (1974), Valenciano et al. (2018); and to Mellivorini by Valenciano and Govender (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1780 | Mellivora Storr p. 34 |
| 1825 | Mellivora Gray p. 339 |
| 1974 | Mellivora Hendey p. 68 |
| 1988 | Mellivora Carroll |
| 1997 | Mellivora Geraads p. 153 |
| 2010 | Mellivora Werdelin and Peigne p. 621 |
| 2018 | Mellivora Valenciano et al. |
| 2020 | Mellivora Valenciano and Govender |
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G. Mellivora Storr 1780 [ratel]
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†Mellivora benfieldi Hendy 1978
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 [honey badger]
Mellivora capensis indica Kerr 1792
†Mellivora punjabiensis Lydekker 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available