Urva smithii

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Ruddy Mongoose

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Herpestes Smithii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1838.12.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7f73da05-e332-45d9-9b73-e8f2deefa02e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e41aac2-521d-4e27-ab22-ea0dccb22594

Type locality

Bombay (?), India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · 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. and Veron, G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(1):69-80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.038

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006056

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: 23 names and synonyms.

Herpestes Smithii

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1838.12.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7f73da05-e332-45d9-9b73-e8f2deefa02e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e41aac2-521d-4e27-ab22-ea0dccb22594

Authority page

578

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Jerdon (1867:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  3. Sclater (1872:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  4. Phillips (1925:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67769)
  5. Phillips (1929:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:274, 275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Wozencraft (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  9. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpestes thysanurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1839)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

thysanura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

439

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1839:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69227)
  2. Murray (1866:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Herpestes rubiginosus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

rubiginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Blyth (1852:348, 349 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265064, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  3. Blyth (1852:349 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  4. Kelaart (1890:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Herpestes Ellioti

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ellioti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

162 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259748

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Herpestes Monticolus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

monticolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257243

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Herpestes torquatus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257243

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Herpestes Smithi

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

smithi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835844

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Herpestes Elliottii

(Day, 1863)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

elliottii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

443

Authority publication

Chennai

Name usages

Day (1863:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)

Herpestes jerdonii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

jerdonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.9.5

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

550

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500883

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:550, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1869:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Calictis smithii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500898

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Gray (1869:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

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