Urva auropunctata

(Hodgson, 1836)

Small Indian Mongoose

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Journ, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 5, p. 235

Original name as described

Mangusta auropunctata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.20

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f478b105-550b-41b7-bc8f-31439ee966c1

Type locality

central Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Jordan? · Oman? · Saudi Arabia? · Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

split from U. javanica; moved from Herpestes to Urva, species misspelled: -us -> -a

Taxonomy notes citation

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: 69-80. · Veron, G., Patou, M. L., Pothet, G., Simberloff, D., & Jennings, A. P. (2007). Systematic status and biogeography of the Javan and small Indian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Zoologica Scripta, 36(1), 1-10.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006050

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mangusta auropunctata

(Hodgson, 1836)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

auropunctata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.20

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f478b105-550b-41b7-bc8f-31439ee966c1

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Herpestes nepalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

nepalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.5.31.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36ca880c-3ddd-451a-a349-7fffc5f98e8c

Authority page

578

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268169

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Herpestes auropunctatus birmanicus

(O. Thomas, 1886)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

birmanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1881.12.2.4, BMNH:Mamm:1886a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/32b3fd64-6cb0-413d-b631-c63480cfa52b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d67cefa7-ee7a-48ee-bd67-e799219b979f

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688625

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mungos auropunctatus helvus

(Ryley, 1914)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

helva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.23.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/05816d1c-b998-4a97-b839-e08f723591e0

Authority page

661

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30155684

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Herpestes auropunctatus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

auropunctatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

auropunctatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Herpestes javanicus pallipes

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Herpestes javanicus palustris

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Urva auropunctata

Patou, Mclenachan, Morley, Couloux, A. P. Jennings, & Veron, 2009

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

auropunctata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Patou, Mclenachan, Morley, Couloux, Jennings & Veron (2009:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/752)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70204120/70204139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mangusta pallipes

(E. Blyth in F. W. Hutton, 1845)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

346 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40132127

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Herpestes persicus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

persica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

554

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500887

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Herpestes palustris

(Ghose, 1965)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

173-178

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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