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Hemigalus (banded palm civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Hemigalus was named by Jourdan (1837). It is extant.

It was corrected as Hemigalea by Mivart (1882).

It was assigned to Viverridae by Geoffroy and Blainville (1837); to Hemigalina by Gray (1864); to Viverrinae by Mivart (1882); and to Hemigalinae by Pocock (1933) and Gaubert et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Hemigalea Geoffroy and Blainville p. 595
1837Hemigalus Jourdan p. 442
1864Hemigale Gray p. 542
1882Hemigalea Mivart p. 142
1933Hemigalus Pocock p. 1000
2004Hemigalus Gaubert et al. p. 124

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyHemigalinae(Gray 1864)
genusHemigalusJourdan 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.

G. Hemigalus Jourdan 1837 [banded palm civet]
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Hemigale hosei Thomas 1892 [Hose's palm civet]
Hemigalus derbyanus Gray 1837 [banded palm civet]
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Invalid names: Hemigale hardwickii Gray 1830 [replaced], Hemigale zebre Jourdan 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available