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Galerella (slender mongoose)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Galerella was named by Gray (1864). It is extant. Its type is Herpestes ochraceus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Herpestes by Mivart (1882).

It was assigned to Herpestidae by Peigné et al. (2005), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Galerella Gray
2005Galerella Peigné et al. p. 287
2010Galerella Werdelin and Peigne p. 631

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHerpestidae(Bonaparte 1845)
genusGalerellaGray 1864

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. Galerella Gray 1864 [slender mongoose]
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Galerella nigrata Thomas 1928 [Black mongoose]
Galerella ochracea Gray 1849 [Somalian slender mongoose]
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Galerella ochracea bocagei Thomas and Wroughton 1905
Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 [Cape grey mongoose]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available