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Herpestes

 
Herpestes

Taxonomía
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Mammalia
Orden: Carnivora
Familia: Herpestidae
Género: Herpestes
Illiger, 1811
Especie tipo
Viverra ichneumon
Linnaeus, 1758
Especies
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Sinonimia
  • Calogale Gray, 1865
  • Calictis Gray, 1865
  • Herpertes Illiger, 1811
  • Ichneumon Frisch, 1775
  • Mangusta Horsfield, 1822
  • Mesobema Hodgson, 1841
  • Onychogale Gray, 1865
  • Taeniogale Gray, 1865
  • Urva Hodgson, 1837
  • Xenogale Allen, 1919

Herpestes es un género de mamíferos carnívoros de la familia Herpestidae formado por varias especies de mangostas como el meloncillo del sur de Europa.[1]​El nombre del género proviene del griego antiguo ἑρπηστής (herpēstḗs) que significa "animal que se arrastra".[2]

Especies

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Se reconocen las siguientes especies:[1]

Se ha propuesto agrupar todas las especies asiáticas en el género Urva y a H. naso en el género Xenogale.[3]

Referencias

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  1. a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (en inglés) (3ª edición). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. 
  2. Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm (1811). Caroli Illigeri ... Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. sumptibus C. Salfeld. Consultado el 7 de diciembre de 2023. 
  3. a b Patou, M. L., Mclenachan, P. A., Morley, C. G., Couloux, A., Jennings, A. P., & Veron, G. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53(1), 69-80.

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