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Ictonyx (striped polecat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Ictonyx was named by Kaup (1835). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ictonyx Kaup
1988Ictonyx Carroll
2010Ictonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 619
2018Ictonyx Law et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyIctonychinaePocock 1921
genusIctonyxKaup 1835

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. Ictonyx Kaup 1835 [striped polecat]
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Ictonyx capensis Kaup 1835
Ictonyx striatus Perry 1810 [zorilla]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Ictonyx striatus (21695 21929 21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Ictonyx striatus (21952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Ictonyx striatus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Ictonyx striatus (115184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Ictonyx striatus (21693)