Urva edwardsii
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)
Indian Gray Mongoose
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Viverroidea |
Family | : Herpestidae |
Subfamily | : Herpestinae |
Genus | : Urva |
Species status
Authority citation
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813-03. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. 1818. Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, 752 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953728Original name as described
ichneumon Edwardsii
Type locality
Madras, East Indies.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya · Palearctic
Country distribution
Bahrain · Saudi Arabia · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
moved from Herpestes to Urva
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.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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