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Monotypic taxon: Genus Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 - Meller's mongoose (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Herpestidae

Original position

Questionably Herpestinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Mungotinae (Subfamily)

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 239. [assumed]

Alternative positions

*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 112.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 239.

Historical positions

*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 571.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 239.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 307.
*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 112.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2014	[1s;2ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 571	[1s;2ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[1s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024