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Herpestes

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Synonyms
  • Calogale was named by Gray (1864) [also said to be 1865]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).
  • Calictis was named by Gray (1864) [also said to be 1865]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).
  • Urva was named by Hodgson (1837). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).
  • Taeniogale was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).
  • Onychogale was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Herpestes Illliger p. 135
1825Herpestes Gray p. 339
1837Urva Hodgson
1864Calictis Gray
1864Calogale Gray
1864Onychogale Gray
1864Taeniogale Gray
1882Herpestes Mivart p. 142
1919Herpestes Allen p. 31
1929Herpestes Allen p. 8
1968Herpestes Kurten p. 62
1974Herpestes Hendey p. 83
1988Herpestes Carroll p. 633
1997Herpestes Geraads p. 128
2010Herpestes Werdelin and Peigne p. 632

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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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHerpestidae(Bonaparte 1845)
genusHerpestesIllliger 1811

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. Herpestes Illliger 1811
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†Herpestes abdelalii Geraads 1997
Herpestes brachyurus Gray 1837 [Short-tailed mongoose]
Herpestes edwardsii Geoffroy 1881 [Indian gray mongoose]
Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse 1838 [brown mongoose]
Herpestes gracilis Rüppell 1835
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Invalid names: Herpestes thysanurus Wagner 1839 [synonym]
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 [Egyptian mongoose]
Herpestes javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818 [Javan mongoose]
Herpestes naso de Winton 1901 [long-nosed mongoose]
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 [slender mongoose]
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Invalid names: Mungos dentifer Heller 1913 [synonym]
Herpestes semitorquatus Gray 1846 [collard mongoose]
Herpestes smithii Gray 1837 [ruddy mongoose]
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Invalid names: Herpestes monticolus Jerdon 1867 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Herpestes ellioti Blyth 1851 [synonym], Herpestes rubiginosus Kelaart 1852 [synonym], Herpestes torquatus Jerdon 1867 [synonym]
Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836 [crab-eating mongoose]
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Invalid names: Urva hanensis Matschie 1908 [synonym]
Herpestes vitticollis Bennett 1835 [stripe necked mongoose]
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Invalid names: Crossarchus rubiginosus Wagner 1841 [synonym]
Invalid names: Calictis Gray 1864 [synonym], Calogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Onychogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Taeniogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Urva Hodgson 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:01:38
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:01:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Holocene or 16.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) H. aurelianensis (39714)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) H. aurelianensis (69116)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) H. filholi (49421)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Herpestes indet. (22139)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Galerella sanguinea (59839)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) H. sp. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa H. sp. (22222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) H. palaeoserengetensis, H. ichneumon (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco H. abdelalii (32052 32054)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) H. sp. (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia H. sp. (21762 21783)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa H. mesotes (22334) H. sp. (22330 22332)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania H. palaeoserengetensis, H. ichneumon (21816) H. sp. (22594)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa H. ichneumon (21824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Libya H. ichneumon (21863 21864)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa H. ichneumon (21695 21916 21929 21931 21956) H. sanguineus (21825)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya H. ichneumon (38039)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Onychogale sp. (96015)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini H. sanguineus (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa H. ichneumon (21948 21951)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia H. ichneumon (21924)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania H. sanguineus (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) H. urva (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) H. sp. (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa H. ichneumon (96974) H. sp. (90070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) H. urva (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa H. ichneumon (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa H. ichneumon (96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) H. ichneumon (21861 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia H. sanguineus (21894 21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan H. sanguineus (21903 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) H. sanguineus (21693)