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Mungos

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Mungos was named by Geoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier (1795). It is extant. Its type is Viverra mungo.

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

It was assigned to Herpestinae by Allen (1919); to Viverridae by Carroll (1988); and to Herpestidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonyms
  • Ariela was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882); it was synonymized subjectively with Crossarchus by Jentink (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Mungos by Allen (1919).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Mungos Geoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier
1864Ariela Gray
1919Mungos Allen p. 30
1988Mungos Carroll p. 633
2010Mungos Werdelin and Peigne p. 636

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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

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. Mungos Geoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier 1795
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Mungos gambianus Ogilby 1835 [Gambian mongoose]
Mungos mungo Gmelin 1788 [banded mongoose]
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Invalid names: Crossarchus fasciatus Desmarest 1823 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ariela Gray 1864 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) M. dietrichi (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania M. dietrichi (21797)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) M. dietrichi (21280)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania M. dietrichi (21804)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya M. sp. (38039)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia M. mungo (21924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan M. mungo (208786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania M. mungo (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) M. mungo (21693)