Urva auropunctata

Urva auropunctata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Herpestidae
Subfamilia: Herpestinae
Genus: Urva
Species: Urva auropunctata

Name

Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836)

Type locality: "the Central Region"; Nepal

Synonymy

• Herpestes auropunctatus birmanicus Thomas, 1886: 84
• Herpestes helvus Ryley, 1914
• Herpestes nepalensis Gray, 1837: 578
• Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965
  • Herpestes javanicus palustris Ghose, 1965
• Herpestes persicus Gray, 1865: 554
• Mangusta pallipes Blyth, 1845: 346
• Viverra (Mangusta) auropunctata Hodgson, 1836: 235
  • Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)
  • Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)
  • Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836) Patou et al., 2009: 78

References

Primary references

• Hodgson, B.H. 1836. Synoptical descriptions of sundry new animals, enumerated in the Catalogue of Nipalese Mammals. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 231–238. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of natural history and Journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology, and meteorology. N.S. 1: 577–587. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1886. Diagnoses of three new Oriental mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 17(97): 84. DOI: 10.1080/00222938609460115 BHL Reference page. 
• Patou, M.-L., Mclenachan, P.A., Morley, C.G., Couloux, A., Jennings, A.P. & Veron, G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(1): 69–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.038 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Goldstaubmungo
English: Small Indian Mongoose
español: Meloncillo chico
français: Mangouste tachetée