Helogale parvula
(Sundevall, 1847)
Common Dwarf Mongoose
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Viverroidea |
Family | : Herpestidae |
Subfamily | : Mungotinae |
Genus | : Helogale |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Sundevall, C.J. 1847. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:118-121.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581778Original name as described
Herpestes parvulus
Other common names
Dwarf Mongoose
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.26, BMNH:Mamm:1846.8.3.6, RMNH.MAM.35053.a, RMNH.MAM.35053.b
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35053.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35053.b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e85b2e31-f11a-4657-a4a3-80d800dffcbe https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff1fe6f8-6e59-4ba0-9c0c-8da0f6063e67Type locality
Transvaal, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Djibouti? · Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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