Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1

Herpestidae Bonaparte 1845

Description

Family Herpestidae

REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG); H. J. Stains (HJS); W. C. Wozencraft (WCW).

COMMENT: Includes Herpestinae Gill, 1872 (=Mungotidae Pocock, 1916) and Galidiinae Gill, 1872 (=Galidiina Gray, 1865); see Pocock, 1916, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1916:349; Gregory and Hellman, 1939, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 81 (3):309-392; Wurster and Benirschke, 1968, Chromosoma, 24:336-382; Radinsky, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:130- 150; Wemmer, 1977, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 239:2; Thenius, 1972, Grund. Verbreitierk. Sauget., pp. 223-224.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 271, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bonaparte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Herpestidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Gill, T. 1872. Arrangement of the families of mammals with analytical tables. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 11: 1 - 98.
  • Gregory, W. K., and M. Hellman. 1939. On the evolution and major classification of the civets (Viverridae) and allied fossil and recent Carnivora: Phylogenetic study of the skull and dentition. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 81 (3): 309 - 392.
  • Wurster, D. H., and K. Benirschke. 1968. Comparative cytogenetic studies in the order Carnivora. Chromosoma, 24: 336 - 382.
  • Radinsky, L. B. 1975. Viverrid neuroanatomy: Phylogenetic and behavorial implications. Journal of Mammalogy, 56 (1): 130 - 150.
  • Thenius, E. 1972. Grundzuge der Verbreitungsgeschichte der Saugetiere. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, 321 pp.