Urva smithii
(J. E. Gray, 1837)
Ruddy Mongoose
Distribution :
India, Sri Lanka.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2636
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. 1837-11-01. 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
Original name as described
Herpestes Smithii
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1838.12.13.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
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
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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.
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