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Viverra leakeyi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Viverra leakeyi was named by Petter (1963).

It was recombined as Megaviverra leakeyi by Morales et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. modica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Viverra leakeyi Petter
1974Viverra leakeyi Hendey p. 75
2005Megaviverra leakeyi Morales et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyViverrinaeGray 1821
genusViverra
speciesleakeyiPetter 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:15:14
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:08
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Viverra leakeyi (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Viverra leakeyi (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kenya Megaviverra leakeyi (230935)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Viverra leakeyi (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Viverra leakeyi (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Viverra leakeyi (37207)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Viverra leakeyi (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Viverra leakeyi (21755)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Viverra leakeyi (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Viverra leakeyi (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Viverra leakeyi (21818)