Arctonyx hoevenii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Melinae
Genus: Arctonyx
Species: Arctonyx hoevenii

Name

• Arctonyx hoevenii (Hubrecht, 1891)

Neotype: ZRC 4.1143, adult ♀, skin and skull. [designated by Robinson & Kloss (1918)]

Type locality: “in the mountainous districts that separate the Residencies of Palembang and Bencoolen in Sumatra”, restricted to “Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, West Sumatra” [= Sungai Kumbang, Gunung Kerinci, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia], at 4700 feet [= 1433 m]”, by Robinson & Kloss (1918).

Combinations

• Trichomanis hoevenii Hubrecht, 1891: 242 [original combination]
• Arctonyx collaris hoeveni: Robinson & Kloss, 1918 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Arctonyx hoevenii: Helgen, Lim & Helgen, 2008: 372 [name combination, restaured to species]

References

Primary references

• Hubrecht, A.A.W. 1891. A new mammal from Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum 13: 241–242. BHL Reference page. 
• Robinson, H.C. & Kloss, C.B. 1918. Results of an Expedition to Korinchi Peak, Sumatra. I. Mammals. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museum 8: 1–80.
• Helgen, K.M., Lim, N.T-L. & Helgen, L.E. 2008. The hog-badger is not an edentate: systematics and evolution of the genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(2): 353–385. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00416.x Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Arctonyx collaris hoevenii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Holden, J., Helgen, K., Shepherd, C. & McCarthy, J. 2016. IUCN: Arctonyx hoevenii  (Least Concern)70205771. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70205771A70205927. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70205771A70205927.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sumatra-Schweinsdachs
English: Sumatran Hog Badger