Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Herpestes urva

Description

Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:238.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Central and Northern Regions" [Nepal].

DISTRIBUTION: Burma, China, India, Laos, Malaysia (Wells and Francis, 1988), Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: annamensis Bechthold, 1936; cancrivora Hodgson, 1837; formosanus Bechthold, 1936; fusca Gray, 1830; hanensis Matschie, 1907; sinensis Bechthold, 1936.

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 306, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Herpestidae
Genus
Herpestes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Hodgson
Species
urva
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Wells, D. R., and C. M. Francis. 1988. Crab-eating mongoose, Herpestes urva, a mammal new to peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal, 42: 37 - 41.
  • Gray, J. E. 1830 - 1834. Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, London, [vol 1, 1830 - 1832; vol 2, 1833 - 1834].