Crossarchus obscurus

F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1825

Common 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1825-02. Livraison 47. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1818-1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. Blaise, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44522848

Original name as described

crossarchus obscurus

Other common names

Cusimanse · Long-nosed Cusimanse

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-296 (= MNHN ? 634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-296

Type locality

Sierra Leone.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006062

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 obscurus

F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1825

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-296 (= MNHN ? 634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-296

Authority page

pl. 199 (p. 3)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44522848

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Smith (1842:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Lesson (1842:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Coetzee (1971:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  10. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41595/45205532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crossarchus Dubius

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-296 (= MNHN ? 634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-296

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968365

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Crossarchus typicus

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-296 (= MNHN ? 634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-296

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968365

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Herpestes punctatissimus

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

punctatissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835855

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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