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Herpestes
Taxonomy
Herpestes was named by Illliger (1811) [non Herpestes Cuvier 1829]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Herpestidae.
It was assigned to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Herpestinae by Mivart (1882), Allen (1919) and Hendey (1974); to Viverridae by Allen (1929) and Carroll (1988); and to Herpestidae by Kurten (1968), Geraads (1997) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Herpestinae by Mivart (1882), Allen (1919) and Hendey (1974); to Viverridae by Allen (1929) and Carroll (1988); and to Herpestidae by Kurten (1968), Geraads (1997) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
H. abdelalii, H. auropunctatus, H. brachyurus, H. edwardsii, H. fuscus, H. gracilis (syn. H. thysanurus), H. ichneumon, H. javanicus, H. naso, H. rubrifons, H. sanguineus (syn. Mungos dentifer), H. semitorquatus, H. smithii (syn. H. torquatus, H. ellioti, H. rubiginosus), H. urva (syn. Urva hanensis), H. vitticollis (syn. Crossarchus rubiginosus)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1811 | Herpestes Illliger p. 135 |
1825 | Herpestes Gray p. 339 |
1837 | Urva Hodgson |
1864 | Calictis Gray |
1864 | Calogale Gray |
1864 | Onychogale Gray |
1864 | Taeniogale Gray |
1882 | Herpestes Mivart p. 142 |
1919 | Herpestes Allen p. 31 |
1929 | Herpestes Allen p. 8 |
1968 | Herpestes Kurten p. 62 |
1974 | Herpestes Hendey p. 83 |
1988 | Herpestes Carroll p. 633 |
1997 | Herpestes Geraads p. 128 |
2010 | Herpestes Werdelin and Peigne p. 632 |
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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. Herpestes Illliger 1811
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†Herpestes abdelalii Geraads 1997
Herpestes auropunctatus Hodgson 1836
Herpestes brachyurus Gray 1837 [Short-tailed mongoose]
Herpestes edwardsii Geoffroy 1881 [Indian gray mongoose]
Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse 1838 [brown mongoose]
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 [Egyptian mongoose]
Herpestes javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818 [Javan mongoose]
Herpestes naso de Winton 1901 [long-nosed mongoose]
Herpestes rubrifons Allen 1909
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 [slender mongoose]
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Herpestes sanguineus orestes Heller 1911
Mungos sanguineus rendilis Lönnberg 1912
Invalid names: Mungos dentifer Heller 1913 [synonym]
Herpestes semitorquatus Gray 1846 [collard mongoose]
Herpestes smithii Gray 1837 [ruddy mongoose]
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Herpestes smithii canens Thomas 1923
Herpestes smithii jerdoni Gray 1864
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Invalid names: Herpestes monticolus Jerdon 1867 [objective synonym]
Herpestes smithii smithii Gray 1837
Herpestes smithii zeylanius Thomas 1923
Invalid names: Herpestes ellioti Blyth 1851 [synonym], Herpestes rubiginosus Kelaart 1852 [synonym], Herpestes torquatus Jerdon 1867 [synonym]
Herpestes smithii rusanus Thomas 1923
Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836 [crab-eating mongoose]
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Invalid names: Urva hanensis Matschie 1908 [synonym]
Herpestes vitticollis Bennett 1835 [stripe necked mongoose]
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Invalid names: Crossarchus rubiginosus Wagner 1841 [synonym]
Invalid names: Calictis Gray 1864 [synonym], Calogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Onychogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Taeniogale Gray 1864 [synonym], Urva Hodgson 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available