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Description

Herpestes is a genus within the mongoose family Herpestidae. It is the type genus of the family and comprises ten living species, with a number of subspecies, and one extinct species.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpestes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2434243	https://www.gbif.org/species/2434243
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41005	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41005

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Herpestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Herpestes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
superfamily	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
family	Herpestidae
genus	Herpestes	Illiger 1811

Scientific Name

Herpestes Illiger, 1811

Name Published In

Illiger, Johann K. W. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium: Additis Terminis Zoographicis Utriusque Classis, Eorumque Versione Germanica. Sumptibus C. Salfeld, Berolini.: i-xviii + 1-301.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Viverrina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Herpestinae	stated with evidence	Mivart, 1882
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Viverridae	stated without evidence	Allen, 1929
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Herpestidae	stated without evidence	Kurten, 1968
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Viverridae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Herpestes	genus	belongs to Herpestidae	stated without evidence	Geraads, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

19 (95%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore, carnivore (based on Herpestidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Mongooses

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpestes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Herpestes abdelalii ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Herpestes apiculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes auropunctatus species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Herpestes badius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes brachyurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes cauui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes edwardsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes edwardsii species	listed (PBDB)	Indian Gray Mongoose			0 Ma Extant
Herpestes flavidens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes fuscus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes gracilis species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Herpestes griseus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes ichneumon species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Egyptian Mongoose	19	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Herpestes javanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes naso species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Long-nosed Mongoose			0 Ma Extant
Herpestes nepalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes nigripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes pulverulentus species	listed (PBDB)	Cape Grey Mongoose	12	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Herpestes punctulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes rubrifons species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Herpestes rutilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes sanguineus species	listed (PBDB)	Slender Mongoose	8	7.25 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Herpestes semitorquatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herpestes smithii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Ruddy Mongoose			0 Ma Extant
Herpestes urva species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Crab-eating Mongoose	2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Herpestes vitticollis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Stripe Necked Mongoose			0 Ma Extant
Herpestes widdringtoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mungos rubrifons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Herpertes Illiger, 1811	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Herpertes*
Mangusta Horsfield, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Mangusta*
Taeniogale Gray, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Taeniogale*
Calogale Gray, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Calogale*
Herpetes Cuvier, 1824	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Herpetes*
Mangasta Hodgson, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Mangasta*
Galogale Wallace, 1876	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Galogale*
Leptoplesictis Major, 1903	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Leptoplesictis*
Mesobema Hodgson, 1841	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Mesobema*
Calictis Gray, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Calictis*
Mangusta Desmarest, 1818	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Mangusta*
Onychogale Gray, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Onychogale*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1811	Herpestes Illliger p. 135
1825	Herpestes Gray p. 339
1837	Urva Hodgson
1864	Calictis Gray
1864	Calogale Gray
1864	Onychogale Gray
1864	Taeniogale Gray
1882	Herpestes Mivart p. 142

Year	Name and Author
1919	Herpestes Allen p. 31
1929	Herpestes Allen p. 8
1968	Herpestes Kurten p. 62
1974	Herpestes Hendey p. 83
1988	Herpestes Carroll p. 633
1997	Herpestes Geraads p. 128
2010	Herpestes Werdelin and Peigne p. 632

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Mivart St. G. On the Classification and Distribution of the Aeluroidea, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882, 135-208

Allen J. A. (1919) Preliminary notes on African Carnivora, Journal of Mammalogy 1 1, 23-31

Allen G. M. (1929) Viverrids from the Asiatic expeditions, American Museum Novitates 359, 1-9

Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317

Hendey Q. B. (1974) The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province, Annals of the South African Museum 63, 1-369

Geraads D. (1997) Carnivores du Pliocene terminal de Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc), Géobios 30 1, 127-164

Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Prod., 135 (also as Herpertes) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.M (eds) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed. The John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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