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Galerella (slender mongoose)

Mammalia - 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) and 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
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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)
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
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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Galerella sp. (219711)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Galerella pulverulenta (21929 115191) Herpestes pulverulentus (21695 21916 21953)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Galerella pulverulenta (21952) Herpestes pulverulentus (21948 21949 21950 21951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Herpestes pulverulentus (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Herpestes pulverulentus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Herpestes pulverulentus (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Herpestes pulverulentus (21930 96973)