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Helogale parvula

Description

Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847). Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, 1846, 3(4):121 [1847].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Caffraria superiore, juxta tropicum", restricted by Roberts (1951) to "Zoutpansberg" [South Africa].

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia.

SYNONYMS: affinis Hollister, 1916; atkinsoni Thomas, 1897; bradfieldi Roberts, 1928; brunetta Thomas, 1926; brunnula Thomas and Schwann, 1906; ivori Thomas, 1919; macmillani Thomas, 1906; mimetra Thomas, 1926; nero Thomas, 1928; ochracea Thomas, 1910; parvus Hollister, 1912; ruficeps Kershaw, 1922; rufula Thomas, 1910; undulatus Peters, 1852; varia Thomas, 1902; vetula Thomas, 1911; victorina Thomas, 1902.

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 304, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Herpestidae
Genus
Helogale
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Sundevall
Species
parvula
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of " The mammals of South Africa " book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp.
  • Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from " Otro Cerro " north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500.
  • Hollister, N. 1912. The names of the Rocky Mountain goat. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 25: 185 - 186.
  • Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck & Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp.