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Mungos mungo (banded mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Viverra mungo was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant. It is the type species of Mungos.

It was recombined as Ichneumon mungo by Geoffroy (1803); it was recombined as Herpestes mungo by Desmarest (1820); it was recombined as Mangusta mungo by Fischer (1829); it was recombined as Mungos mungo by Allen (1919).

Synonyms
  • Herpestes fasciatus was named by Desmarest (1823) [illegal renaming of Herpestes mungo]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Crossarchus fasciatus by Mivart (1882), Thomas (1882) and Heller (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Mungos mungo by Allen (1919).
  • Ichneumon taenionotus was named by Smith (1835). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Ariela taenionota by Gray (1864); it was synonymized subjectively with Crossarchus fasciatus by Jentink (1888).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Viverra mungo Gmelin p. 84
1803Ichneumon mungo Geoffroy
1820Herpestes mungo Desmarest p. 211
1823Herpestes fasciatus Desmarest p. 58
1829Mangusta mungo Fischer p. 163
1835Ichneumon taenionotus Smith
1864Ariela taenionota Gray
1882Crossarchus fasciatus Mivart p. 181
1882Crossarchus fasciatus Thomas
1911Crossarchus fasciatus Heller p. 16
1919Mungos mungo Allen p. 30

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
familyHerpestidae(Bonaparte 1845)
genusMungosGeoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier 1795
speciesmungo(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Mungos mungo Gmelin 1788 [banded mongoose]
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Invalid names: Crossarchus fasciatus Desmarest 1823 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:45:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Mungos mungo (21924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Mungos mungo (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Mungos mungo (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Mungos mungo (208786)