Urva brachyurus

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Short-tailed 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-02-20. A series of Mammalia selected from the collection of the Society was exhibited. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836(46):87-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570815

Original name as described

Herpestes brachyurus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:170a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c55db5ff-e166-4023-bcf4-d43c26cfcdd3

Type locality

Malacca, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

moved from Herpestes to Urva; the specific epithets spelling is retained as 'brachyurus' rather than 'brachyura' because the name is a noun in apposition

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., Debruyne, R., Couloux, A., Fernandez, D.A.P., Wong, S.T., Fuchs, J. and Jennings, A.P. 2015. Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora) - Solving the mystery of the elusive Collared Mongoose and Palawan mongoose. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 246–248.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006051

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.

Herpestes brachyurus

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:170a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c55db5ff-e166-4023-bcf4-d43c26cfcdd3

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570815

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Waterhouse (1838:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69403)
  2. Blyth (1852:349 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  3. Blyth (1863:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Gray (1865:556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  5. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Gray (1869:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  7. Jentink (1903:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9658076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69218)
  8. Lyon (1911:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  9. Sanborn (1952:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  10. Davis (1962:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Wozencraft (1993:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  15. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:295, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  16. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  17. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra (Mangusta) brachyura

(de Blainville, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

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)

Mongo brachyurus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

brachyurus

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)

Herpestes Hosei

(Jentink, 1903)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

hosei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34987.a, RMNH.MAM.34987.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34987.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34987.b

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9658079

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

  1. Jentink (1903:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9658079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69218)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:273, 274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Herpestes brachyurus dyacorum

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dyacorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.9.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1450e99e-44de-48e1-8d4a-f0e6adc32aee

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196298

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Herpestes brachyurus rajah

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

rajah

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.3.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/27c0327b-c745-40db-9b2e-205f4201cf84

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196298

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Davis (1962:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes brachyurus sumatrius

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sumatria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.20.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/549e7a5a-6808-42c1-b05d-99df05613939

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196297

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes brachyurus javanensis

(Bechthold, 1936)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

javanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.3.5.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a24f9413-52a9-4127-a174-bb60d9562694

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45544873

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Herpestes brachyurus brachyurus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

brachyurus

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 (2009:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes brachyurus hosei

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

hosei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Urva brachyura

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

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

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 #400000478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41610/45206655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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