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Ichneumia

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

Taxonomy
Ichneumia was named by Geoffroy (1837). It is extant.

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

It was assigned to Herpestinae by Taylor (1972); and to Herpestidae by Geraads (1997) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonyms
  • Herpestes was named by Cuvier (1829) [non Illliger 1811]. It is extant.

    It was replaced with Ichneumia by Geoffroy (1837) and Taylor (1972).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Herpestes Cuvier
1837Ichneumia Geoffroy p. 251
1972Ichneumia Taylor p. 1
1997Ichneumia Geraads p. 129
2010Ichneumia Werdelin and Peigne p. 633

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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)
genusIchneumiaGeoffroy 1837

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. Ichneumia Geoffroy 1837
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Ichneumia albicauda Cuvier 1829 [white-tailed mongoose]
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†Ichneumia nims Geraads 1997
Invalid names: Herpestes Cuvier 1829 [replaced]
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 12:01:59
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:01:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

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 (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya I. sp. (219711)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya I. sp. (22275)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco I. nims (32054)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya I. albicauda (21963)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya I. albicauda (21276 21277) I. sp. (22272)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) I. albicauda (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania I. albicauda (21690)