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Herpestes urva
(Hodgson, 1836)
- crab-eating mongoose
(mammal)
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Entity:
Herpestes (Genus) - common mongooses
..Herpestes (Subgenus)
..Herpestes brachyurus (Species) - short-tailed mongoose
..Herpestes edwardsi (Species) - Indian gray mongoose
..Herpestes fuscus (Species) - Indian brown mongoose
..Herpestes ichneumon (Species) - Egyptian mongoose
..Herpestes javanicus (Species) - small Asian mongoose
..Herpestes naso (Species) - long-nosed mongoose
..Herpestes semitorquatus (Species) - collared mongoose
..Herpestes smithii (Species) - ruddy mongoose
..Herpestes vitticollis (Species) - stripe-necked mongoose
..Urva (Subgenus)
..Xenogale (Subgenus)
..Herpestes urva (Species) - crab-eating mongoose
....Herpestes urva annamensis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes urva formosanus (Subspecies)
....Herpestes urva sinensis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes urva urva (Subspecies)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
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(Order)
Carnivora
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(Family)
Herpestidae
Current position
Herpestes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 569.
Alternative positions
Herpestes (Urva)
(Subgenus)
Hodgson, 1837
Ref:
R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972)
: 690.
Historical positions
Herpestes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 569-570.
Herpestes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 1993
: 306.
Herpestes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 111.
Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
4ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 29 Nov 2014
[4ss]
2005
W.C. Wozencraft
: 569
[4ss]
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025