Herpestes sanguineus

Rüppell, 1836

Common Slender Mongoose

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rüppell, E. 1836. Lieferung 7. Pp. 17–36 in Rüppell, E. 1835-1840. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Säugethiere. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 40 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140009

Original name as described

Herpestes sanguineus

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4330

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Kordofan", Sudan, exact locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Gabon · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Somalia · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

moved from Galerella to Herpestes (since the type species, H. ichneumon is genetically within or basal to Galerella species based on different molecular analyses)

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhou, Y., Wang, S. R., & Ma, J. Z. (2017). Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA. PloS one, 12(3), e0174902.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006046

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Herpestes punctulatus

J. E. Gray, 1849

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

punctulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.4.4.2, BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.15.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ca39b59-b92a-42bf-9d3c-1609e64a2c01 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd8e1c27-0333-4458-bb4d-fd54ab883337

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862053

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Ichneumon ratlaMuchi

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ratlamuchi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.1.14

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

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

Herpestes badius

A. Smith, 1838

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.1.14

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 4

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Cynictis melanurus

(W. C. L. Martin, 1836)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.229

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d17ed31-fe0f-402c-8588-81f4728126fb

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570781

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Smith (1842:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Calogale grantii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

grantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.7.7.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38f2b0b9-fe0d-4b1e-aa1f-832270131651

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500894

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mungos melanurus canus

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1872.12.12.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2624565d-d130-4c0b-8da0-125342a98818

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253982

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mungos melanurus zombae

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

zombae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a10c50a-5dd4-429e-aa95-ffda1e2a84a4

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253983

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mungos sanguineus ibeae

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ibeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.6.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfdfc976-d035-41d8-b8fb-903637d145cd

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253986

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mungos gracilis proteus

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

proteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a1a9270-4e03-4a9f-abee-9d0c52551479

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228876

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1907:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)

Mungos melanurus Lasti

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

lasti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.5.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0e2f03f9-a5ed-4209-87bc-73818b764a24

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253982

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mungos auratus

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

auratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.4.3.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7989a96a-a44a-4c0e-bcd2-ddf3b06464f0

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938725

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mungos sanguineus ugandæ

(Wroughton, 1909)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.5.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12b83c9c-092f-4525-a991-076c28586790

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071887

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mungos sanguineus galbus

(Wroughton, 1909)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

galbus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.5.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bbff80d-add7-4d32-8c60-f577e9e30148

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071887

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mungos phoenicurus

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

phoenicurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/275ed2b2-1b29-4d89-bc6a-fd1f78def804

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15618485

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galerella sanguinea mustela

(E. Schwarz, 1935)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mustela

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.1.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe8d8858-8c93-46a4-a3f9-b0c1962ce2fb

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Herpestes cauui swalius

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

swalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/477092c1-61af-4db6-bbf6-6ba9db2eea67

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Herpestes phoenicurus saharae

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

saharae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.12.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a5fa660-2606-41c8-a6ae-8b923c1cc0c2

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Herpestes cauui caldatus

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

caldatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.12.7.42

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42655557-3c0f-4815-a15b-280a21dcfa80

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui kaokoensis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

kaokoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui lancasteri

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

lancasteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM 8343

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ichneumon Cauui

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

cauui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LIVCM-D.120

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46f7ae1c-6d5c-40b7-bc77-6ead22e1d496

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Cape Town

Herpestes ochromelas

Pucheran, 1855

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ochromelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-342

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-342

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281256

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

Herpestes jodoprymnus

von Heuglin, 1861

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

jodoprymnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 1170, NMW B 2193, SMNS 971

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613539

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Herpestes sanguineus

Rüppell, 1836

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sanguineus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4330

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140009

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Coetzee (1971:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41606/45206143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Herpestes gracilis

Rüppell, 1836

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4331

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140011

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Thomas (1898:931, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Ichneumia nigricaudatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

nigricaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

SMF:MAMM:4331

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39898331

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

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

Herpestes mutgigella

Rüppell, 1836

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mutgigella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4332

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140011

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Herpestes adailensis

von Heuglin, 1861

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

adailensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 752

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Myonax cauui bradfieldi

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

bradfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 3378

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax auratus ignitoides

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ignitoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6203

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui kalaharicus

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6528

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui ngamiensis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ngamiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6529

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui khanensis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

khanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6603

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Calogale cauui dasilvai

(A. Roberts, 1938)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dasilvai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 7861

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Mungos caaui Swinnyi

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

swinnyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 940

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Mungos sanguineus orestes

(E. Heller, 1911)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164152

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3446b8595-3974-45cc-bb31-556b1a7307ad

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813471

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Mungos dentifer

(E. Heller, 1913)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dentifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182732

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/378fd9a62-6060-4d36-bd56-9f64db8db7ca

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095852

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Mungos sanguineus parvipes

(Hollister, 1916)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

parvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182739

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/342e1f069-0a90-4758-a30b-18678db9fe04

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837322

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Herpestes neumanni

Matschie, 1894

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581231

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Calogale mossambica

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mossambicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1125, ZMB (anatomy) 16309

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

438

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608516

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Calogale marae

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

marae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 19826

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

453

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608531

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Calogale schimperi

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

schimperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3580

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

444

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608522

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Calogale elegans

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 1. 03. 43

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608534

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Calogale türstigi

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

tuerstigi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 134. 13

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608524

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Calogale erlangeri

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

erlangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 155. 07. 2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608523

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Calogale ererensis

(Matschie, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ererensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 51. 10

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43608526

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Mungos ignitus

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439534

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Herpestes melanurus

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Mongo fusca

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Ichneumia gracilis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cynictis melanura

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

melanura

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)

Herpestes musgigella

Lesson, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

musgigella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mungos gracilis

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228876

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1907:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)
  2. Dollman (1914:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Mungos caaui

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

caaui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Calogale sanguineus

(A. Roberts, 1937)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sanguineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Name usages

Roberts (1937:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)

Mungos mungo adailensis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

adailensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea canus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea cauui

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

cauui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea dasilvai

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dasilvai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea dentifer

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dentifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea galbus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

galbus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea gracilis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea grantii

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

grantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea ibeae

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ibeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea ignitus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

iodoprymnus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

iodoprymnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

566

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galerella sanguinea lancasteri

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

lancasteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea melanura

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

melanura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea mossambica

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mossambica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea mutgigella

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mutgigella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea orestes

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea parvipes

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

parvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea phoenicurus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

phoenicurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea proteus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

proteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea rendilis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

rendilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea saharae

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

saharae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sanguinea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Rapson, Goldizen & Seddon (2012:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11304)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Galerella sanguinea sanguinea

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sanguinea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea swalius

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

swalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea swinnyi

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

swinnyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Galerella sanguinea ugandae

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Herpestes fuscus

Rüppell, 1836

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

31 (footnote), pl. 10 (fig. 4)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140013

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes galinieri

Gúerin, 1847

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

galinieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Herpestes lefebvrii

Des Murs & Prévost in Des Murs, Prévost, Guichenot, & Guérin-Méneville, 1850

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

lefebvrii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

table of contents

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47276539

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Herpestes gracilis

Des Murs, Prévost, Guichenot, & Guérin-Méneville, 1850

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47276537

Authority publication

Paris

Herpestes ornatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1852

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054641

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Calogale venatica

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500896

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Herpestes Mutscheltschela

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

mutscheltschela

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876372

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Herpestes ruficauda

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ruficauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876374

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Herpestes ornatus rufescens

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416345

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Mungos sanguineus rendilis

(Lönnberg, 1912)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

rendilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41921061

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Myonax cauui okavangensis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

okavangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myonax ratlamuchi upingtoni

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

upingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Myonax cauui erongensis

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

erongensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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