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Atilax paludinosus (marsh mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Herpestes paludinosus was named by Cuvier (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Athylax paludinosus by Gray (1865); it was recombined as Mungos paludinosus by Lönnberg (1912); it was recombined as Atilax paludinosus by Baker (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mesotes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Herpestes paludinosus Cuvier p. 158
1865Athylax paludinosus Gray p. 557
1912Mungos paludinosus Lönnberg p. 69
1992Atilax paludinosus Baker p. 1

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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
familyHerpestidae(Bonaparte 1845)
subfamilyHerpestinaeBonaparte 1845
genusAtilaxCuvier 1826
speciespaludinosus(Cuvier 1829)

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.

Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 [marsh mongoose]
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21695 21916 21931 21956)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21951)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Atilax paludinosus (22074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Atilax paludinosus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Atilax paludinosus (21944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Atilax paludinosus (21862 96973)