Ichneumia albicauda

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

White-tailed Mongoose

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Location:Kenya, Nairobi National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1981

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Taxonomy

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

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 albicaudus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-313, MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-314

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-313 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-314

Type locality

southern Africa and Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Oman · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Burkina Faso · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Egypt · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Namibia · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006047

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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

Total: 35 names and synonyms.

Herpestes albicaudus

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

albicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-313, MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-314

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-313 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-314

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Thomas (1904:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  3. Trouessart (1904:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Herpestes leucurus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

leucura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

sig. h p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508491

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. h p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  2. Peters (1852:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  3. Murray (1866:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ichneumon albicaudis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

albicaudis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968231

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Ichneumia albescens

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-346, MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-346, MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-347

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-346 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-346 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-347

Authority page

580

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312238

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1865:566, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  3. Gray (1869:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Herpestes albicaudatus

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

albicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Ichneumia albicauda

Lesson, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

albicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1865:566, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  3. Gray (1869:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  4. Rochebrune (1883:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  5. Allen (1909:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  6. Shortridge (1934:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  7. Hayman (1936:928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
  8. Allen (1939:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  9. Hill & Carter (1941:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  10. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  11. Setzer (1956:558, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  12. Coetzee (1971:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  13. Petter (1973:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68321)
  14. Corbet & Hill (1980:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  15. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  16. Corbet & Hill (1991:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  17. Wozencraft (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  18. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  19. Geraads (1997:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31330)
  20. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  21. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  22. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  26. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41620/45208640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ichneumia leucurus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

leucura

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)

Herpestes loempo

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

loempo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35035, RMNH.MAM.35036, RMNH.MAM.35037, RMNH.MAM.35038

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35035.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35035.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35036 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35037 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35038

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835840

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:551, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Murray (1866:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1869:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  4. Rivière (1886:16, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f19.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)

Ichneumia nigricauda

Pucheran, 1855

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

nigricauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1837-27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1837-27

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281257

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:567, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Gray (1869:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  3. Rochebrune (1883:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ichneumia leucura

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

leucura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500899

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:566, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Gray (1869:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

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