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Herpestes sanguineus (slender mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Herpestes sanguineus was named by Rüppell (1835). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mungos sanguineus by Heller (1911) and Lönnberg (1912); it was recombined as Galerella sanguinea by Schwarz (1935) and Peigné et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell p. 27
1882Herpestes sanguineus Mivart p. 177
1911Mungos sanguineus Heller p. 15
1912Mungos sanguineus Lönnberg p. 66
1913Mungos dentifer Heller p. 10
1935Galerella sanguinea Schwarz
1975Herpestes sanguineus Taylor p. 1
2005Galerella sanguinea Peigné et al. p. 288

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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)
genusHerpestesIllliger 1811
speciessanguineusRüppell 1835

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 sanguineus Rüppell 1835 [slender mongoose]
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Invalid names: Mungos dentifer Heller 1913 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Galerella sanguinea (59839)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Herpestes sanguineus (21825)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Herpestes sanguineus (21925)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Herpestes sanguineus (21893)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Herpestes sanguineus (21894 21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Herpestes sanguineus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Herpestes sanguineus (21903 208787)