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Viverricula malaccensis (rasse)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Viverra malaccensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Viverricula malaccensis by Blyth (1863), Mivart (1882), Bonhote (1898), Allen (1929), Dào (1967).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Viverra malaccensis Gmelin
1817Viverra indica Desmarest p. 170
1830Viverra bengalensis Gray and Hardwicke
1838Viverricula indica Hodgson p. 152
1863Viverricula malaccensis Blyth p. 45
1866Viverra schlegeli Pollen
1882Viverricula malaccensis Mivart p. 149
1898Viverricula malaccensis Bonhote p. 119
1929Viverricula malaccensis Allen p. 3
1967Viverricula malaccensis Dào p. 120
1999Viverricula indica Goodman and Pidgeon p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyViverrinaeGray 1821
genusViverriculaHodgson 1838
speciesmalaccensis(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.

Viverricula malaccensis Gmelin 1788 [rasse]
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Viverricula malaccensis pallida Gray and Hardwicke 1833
Invalid names: Viverra bengalensis Gray and Hardwicke 1830 [synonym], Viverra indica Desmarest 1817 [synonym], Viverra schlegeli Pollen 1866 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:03:25
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangxi) Viverricula malaccensis (235740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Viverricula indica (205190 205193)