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Hemigalus derbyanus (banded palm civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy

Paradoxurus derbyanus was named by Gray (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemigalea derbianus by Mivart (1882); it was recombined as Hemigalus derbianus by Thomas (1915); it was recombined as Hemigalus derbyanus by Pocock (1933), Davis (1958).

Subspecies

H. boiei

Synonyms

Viverra hardwickii was named by Gray (1830). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemigale hardwickii by Gray (1864); it was replaced with Hemigalea derbianus by Mivart (1882); it was replaced with Hemigalus derbyanus by Pocock (1933).
Hemigale zebre was named by Jourdan (1837) [name not properly Latinized and presumably not available]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hemigalea derbianus by Mivart (1882).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1830	Viverra hardwickii Gray p. 9
1837	Paradoxurus derbyanus Gray p. 599
1837	Hemigale zebre Jourdan p. 28
1864	Hemigale hardwickii Gray
1882	Hemigalea derbianus Mivart p. 165
1915	Hemigalus derbianus Thomas p. 613
1933	Hemigalus derbyanus Pocock p. 1000
1958	Hemigalus derbyanus Davis p. 141

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
—	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
infraorder	Viverroidea	Gray 1821
family	Viverridae
subfamily	Hemigalinae	(Gray 1864)
genus	Hemigalus	Jourdan 1837
species	derbyanus	(Gray 1837)

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.

Hemigalus derbyanus Gray 1837 [banded palm civet]

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Invalid names: Hemigale hardwickii Gray 1830 [replaced], Hemigale zebre Jourdan 1837 [synonym]

Hemigalus derbyanus boiei Müller 1838

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

carnivoref

Diet 2:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:10

Modified:

2005-08-22 19:42:08

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Collections

No collection or age range data are available