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Herpestes ichneumon (Egyptian mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Viverra ichneumon was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mungos ichneumon by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Herpestes ichneumon by Allen (1919) and Kurten (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus p. 43
1911Mungos ichneumon Thomas p. 136
1919Herpestes ichneumon Allen p. 30
1968Herpestes ichneumon Kurten p. 62

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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)
genusHerpestesIllliger 1811
speciesichneumon()

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.

Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 [Egyptian mongoose]
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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: Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Herpestes ichneumon (32050)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Herpestes ichneumon (21816)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Herpestes ichneumon (38039)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Libya Herpestes ichneumon (21863 21864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (21695 21916 21929 21931 21956)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Herpestes ichneumon (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (21948 21951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Herpestes ichneumon (21861 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Herpestes ichneumon (96973)