Herpestes

Herpestes ichneumon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viverroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Viverroidea

Familia: Herpestidae
Subfamilia: Herpestinae
Genus: Herpestes
Species: H. flavescens – H. ichneumon – H. ochraceus – H. pulverulentus – H. sanguineus – †H. abdelalii

Name

Herpestes Illiger, 1811: 135

• Type species: Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Calogale Gray, 1865
• Calictis Gray, 1865
• Herpertes Illiger, 1811: 135 [​orth. err.]
• Herpestes Illiger, 1811: [302] [​orth. emend.]
• Ichneumon Frisch, 1775
• Mangusta Horsfield, 1822
• Mesobema Hodgson, 1841
• Onychogale Gray, 1865
• Taeniogale Gray, 1865

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. "1864" [1865]. A Revision of the Genera and Species of Viverrine Animals (Viverridae), founded on the Collection in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 502–579. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Herpestes 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.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Мангусты
• 日本語: エジプトマングース属

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