Crossarchus alexandri

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Alexander's Cusimanse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-04-30. New mammals from Lake Chad and the Congo, mostly from the collections made during the Alexander-Gosling expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(113):370-387.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254833

Original name as described

Crossarchus Alexandri

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2eadb157-151b-4dbe-8c72-95659fb8c32d

Type locality

Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006060

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.

Crossarchus Alexandri

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

alexandri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2eadb157-151b-4dbe-8c72-95659fb8c32d

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254833

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41593/45205341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crossarchus alexandri minor

C. A. Goldman, 1984

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:56757

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=e15116ce-45d2-4afd-ba8b-be4db40da33b

Authority page

1625

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

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

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