IRMNG - Herpestes Illiger, 1811

IRMNG taxon details

Herpestes Illiger, 1811

IRMNG_ID

1280220 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1280220)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845

Synonymised names

Calictis Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Calogale Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Galogale Wallace, 1876 · unaccepted

Herpertes Illiger, 1811 · unaccepted

Herpetes Cuvier, 1824 · unaccepted

Ichneumon Frisch, 1775 · unaccepted

Leptoplesictis Major, 1903 † · unaccepted

Mangasta Hodgson, 1835 · unaccepted

Mangusta Desmarest, 1818 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Mangusta Horsfield, 1822 · unaccepted

Mesobema Hodgson, 1841 · unaccepted

Onychogale Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Taeniogale Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Urva Hodgson, 1837 · unaccepted

Xenogale Allen, 1919 · unaccepted

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Species Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837
Species Herpestes edwardsii (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Species Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Herpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Species Herpestes naso de Winton, 1901
Species Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965
Species Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846
Species Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837
Species Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836)
Species Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835
Species Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) accepted as Herpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Prod., 135 (also as Herpertes)
page(s): 302 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Emend. of Herpertes (ICZN). Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark Emend. of Herpertes (ICZN). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Herpestes Illiger, 1811. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1280220 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Prod., 135 (also as Herpertes)
page(s): 302 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Xenogale Allen, 1919) J. Mamm., 1
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Herpertes Illiger, 1811) Prod., 135 (as Herpestes; also as Herpertes)
page(s): 302 [details]

original description (of Calictis Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 564 [details]

original description (of Urva Hodgson, 1837) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6
page(s): 561 [details]

original description (of Onychogale Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 570 [details]

original description (of Galogale Wallace, 1876) Geogr. Distrib. An., 2
page(s): 195 [details]

original description (of Taeniogale Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 569 [details]

original description (of Calogale Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 560 [details]

original description (of Leptoplesictis Major, 1903 †) Geol. Mag., (N. S.) Dec. 4, 10
page(s): 536 [details]

original description (of Mesobema Hodgson, 1841) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 10
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Herpetes Cuvier, 1824) Dents Mamm.
page(s): 252 [details]

original description (of Mangusta Desmarest, 1818) N. Dict., ed. 2, 19
page(s): 210 [details]

original description (of Mangasta Hodgson, 1835) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 4
page(s): 522 [details]

original description (of Mangusta Horsfield, 1822) Researches Java (5), pl. with unnumbered text. [details]

From other sources

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Emend. of Herpertes (ICZN). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Type species as cited Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758, by absolute tautonomy, through the replaced name Ichneumon Lacépèd [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Onychogale Gray, 1865)
To BioNames database (from synonym Taeniogale Gray, 1865)
To BioNames database (from synonym Calogale Gray, 1865)
To BioNames database (from synonym Leptoplesictis Major, 1903 †)
To BioNames database (from synonym Calictis Gray, 1865)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Onychogale Gray, 1865)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Calictis Gray, 1865)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Leptoplesictis Major, 1903 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Calogale Gray, 1865)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Taeniogale Gray, 1865)