Urva brachyurus
(J. E. Gray, 1837)
Short-tailed 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
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1837-02-20. A series of Mammalia selected from the collection of the Society was exhibited. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836(46):87-88.
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Original name as described
Herpestes brachyurus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:170a
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Malacca, Malaysia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei
Taxonomy notes
moved from Herpestes to Urva; the specific epithets spelling is retained as 'brachyurus' rather than 'brachyura' because the name is a noun in apposition
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 · Veron, G., Patou, M.-L., Debruyne, R., Couloux, A., Fernandez, D.A.P., Wong, S.T., Fuchs, J. and Jennings, A.P. 2015. Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora): solving the mystery of the elusive collared mongoose and Palawan mongoose. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(1):236-248. doi:10.1111/zoj.12206
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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