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Atilax (marsh mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Atilax was named by Cuvier (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).

It was assigned to Viverridae by Carroll (1988); to Herpestinae by Baker (1992); and to Herpestidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Species
A. paludinosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. mesotes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Atilax Cuvier
1988Atilax Carroll
1992Atilax Baker p. 1
2010Atilax Werdelin and Peigne p. 630

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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)
subfamilyHerpestinaeBonaparte 1845
genusAtilaxCuvier 1826

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.

G. Atilax Cuvier 1826 [marsh mongoose]
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Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 [marsh mongoose]
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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Atilax sp. (22274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Atilax mesotes (95150)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21695 21916 21931 21956) Atilax sp. (21825 21828)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21951)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Atilax paludinosus (22074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Atilax paludinosus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21862 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Atilax paludinosus (21944)