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Herpestes ichneumon (Egyptian mongoose)
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).
It was recombined as Mungos ichneumon by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Herpestes ichneumon by Allen (1919) and Kurten (1968).
Synonymy list
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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
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References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections (19 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Herpestes ichneumon (32050) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Herpestes ichneumon (21816) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (21824) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (21695 21916 21929 21931 21956) | |
Pleistocene | Libya | Herpestes ichneumon (21863 21864) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Herpestes ichneumon (38039) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (21948 21951) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Herpestes ichneumon (21924) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (96974) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (21922) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Herpestes ichneumon (21861 21912) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Herpestes ichneumon (96973) |