Mellivora

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Mellivora
Species: M. capensis

[edit] Name

Mellivora Storr, 1780

Type species: Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (Melville and Smith, 1987).

[edit] Synonyms

• Lipotus Sundevall, 1843
• Melitoryx Gloger, 1841
• Melivora Gray, 1847
• Ratellus Gray, 1827
• Rattelus Swainson, 1835
• Ratelus Gray, 1825
• Ursitaxus Hodgson, 1835
• Ursotaxus Blyth, 1840
• Viverra Schreber, 1776

[edit] References

• Storr, G. C. C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Litteris Reissianis, Tubingae, Germany. p. 34, Tabl. A.
• Mellivora on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Mellivora Storr, 1780 Report on ITIS

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