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Mellivora capensis (honey badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Viverra capensis was named by Schreber (1776). It is extant. It is the type species of Mellivora.

It was recombined as Mellivora capensis by Bertram and Biewener (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. sivalensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Viverra capensis Schreber
1990Mellivora capensis Bertram and Biewener p. 159

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyMellivorinaeGray 1865
tribeMellivorini
genusMellivoraStorr 1780
speciescapensis(Schreber 1776)

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.

Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 [honey badger]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:19:04
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:02:30
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Mellivora capensis (22229)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Mellivora capensis (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Mellivora capensis (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Mellivora capensis (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Mellivora capensis (21818)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Mellivora capensis (21695 21916 21929 21931 21956 115191 115205)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Mellivora capensis (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Mellivora capensis (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Mellivora capensis (21711 21948 21949 21951 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Mellivora capensis (21924)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Mellivora capensis (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Mellivora capensis (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Mellivora capensis (90070 115184)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Mellivora capensis (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Mellivora capensis (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Mellivora capensis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Mellivora capensis (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Mellivora capensis (21903 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Mellivora capensis (21921 21930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Mellivora capensis (21911)