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Atilax F. G. Cuvier 1826
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Atilax F. G. Cuvier, 1826. In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 5(54), "Vansire," 2 pp.
TYPE SPECIES: Herpestes paludinosus G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1829, by original designation (Melville and Smith, 1987).
COMMENTS: Fredga's (1972) comparative chromosome study of mongooses suggested that recognition of Atilax as distinct from Herpestes would make Herpestes paraphyletic. However, allozyme data support Atilax as the first early offshoot of the main herpestine branch (Taylor et al., 1991).
Notes
Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 300, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Herpestidae
- Genus
- Atilax
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- F. G. Cuvier
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Atilax Cuvier, 1826 sec. Wozencraft, 1993
References
- Melville, R. V., and J. D. D. Smith (eds.). 1987. Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 366 pp.
- Fredga, K. 1972. Chromosome studies in mongooses (Carnivora, Viverridae). Thesis summary, faculty of sciences of the University of Lund, 11 pp.
- Taylor, P. J., G. K. Campbell, J. A. J. Meester, and D. van Dyk. 1991. A study of allozyme evolution in African mongooses (Viverridae: Herpestinae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 56 (3): 135 - 145.