Cynictis penicillata

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Yellow Mongoose

Side view, sitting at burrow entrance
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Location:South Africa, Northern Cape, Kalahari Gemsbok National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1987

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 971

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : Viverroidea
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Herpestinae
Genus : Cynictis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome I. Déterville et Crochard, Paris, 584 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374000

Original name as described

Herpestes penicillatus

Type locality

type locality "Cape" (South Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Lesotho?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006041

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 34 names and synonyms.

Mangusta Le Vaillantii

(A. Smith, 1829)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

levaillantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310846

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Herpestes penicillatus

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

penicillata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374000

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Smuts (1832:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  2. Smith (1842:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Alopecurus Steedmanii

(Anonymous, 1833)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

steedmanii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033904866?urlappend=%3Bseq=245%3Bownerid=13510798883762789-251

Authority publication

The Literary Gazette

Name usages

Anonymous (1833:233, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033904866?urlappend=%3Bseq=245%3Bownerid=13510798883762789-251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69401)

Cynictis Steedmanni

W. Ogilby, 1833

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

steedmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859489

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cynictis Ogilbyii

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ogilbyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.806

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c11af8c1-fc13-441d-8fde-118971a86a84

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968233

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Smith (1839:pl. 16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67642)

Cynictis typicus

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968232

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cynictis lepturus

A. Smith, 1839

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

leptura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1859.5.7.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/72c66d9e-cc43-452a-a85b-a053a7716f06

Authority page

pl. 17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577769

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1839:pl. 17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67642)

Viverra (Mangusta) penicillata

(de Blainville, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

penicillata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989630

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1842:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68406)

Cynictis Levaillantii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

levaillantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cynictis Ogilbyi

Lesson, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ogilbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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