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Taxon: Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 135.
Original rank loc. cit.
Original spelling op. cit.: [302] (errata).

Types

Type ofHerpestinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Herpestes (Subgenus) Illiger, 1811
Type, by absolute tautonymyHerpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Different spellingHerpertes (Genus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spellingHerpetes (Genus) Cuvier, 1824 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Accepted nameGalerella (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted nameIchneumia (Genus) Geoffroy, 1837 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameCalictis (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameCalogale (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameOnychogale (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameTaeniogale (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameUrva (Genus) Hodgson, 1837 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameXenogale (Genus) Allen, 1919 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingGalerella (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
IncludingLeptoplesictis (Genus) Major, 1903 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameichneumons

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namecommon mongooses
mongooses
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