IRMNG - Mellivora Storr, 1780

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Mellivora Storr, 1780

IRMNG_ID

1378082 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1378082)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mustelidae Fischer, 1817

Synonymised names

Lipotus Sundevall, 1843 · unaccepted

Melitoryx Gloger, 1841 · unaccepted

Melivora Gray, 1847 · unaccepted

Mellivorus Brookes, 1828 · unaccepted

Ratellus Gray, 1827 · unaccepted

Ratelus Gray, 1825 · unaccepted

Ratelus Bennett, 1830 · unaccepted

Rattelus Swainson, 1835 · unaccepted

Ursitaxus Hogdson, 1835 · unaccepted

Ursotaxus Blyth in Cuvier, 1840 · unaccepted

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Species Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Prod., 34 & tab. A. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Cf. Melitoryx Gloger 1841. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark Cf. Melitoryx Gloger 1841. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mellivora Storr, 1780. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1378082 on 2025-01-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (17)
Notes (3)

original description Prod., 34 & tab. A. [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) [details]

original description (of Ursitaxus Hogdson, 1835) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 4
page(s): 522 [details]

original description (of Lipotus Sundevall, 1843) K. VetenskAkad. Handl. Stockholm, 1842
page(s): 211 [details]

original description (of Ursotaxus Blyth in Cuvier, 1840) in Cuvier's Anim. Kingd.
page(s): 86 [details]

original description (of Melitoryx Gloger, 1841) Gemeinnütz. Naturges., (1) xxix
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Melivora Gray, 1847) Cat. Mamm. Birds Nepal Tibet, 1846
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of Rattelus Swainson, 1835) Nat. Hist. Class. Quad., 158 (as Ratellus p. 363). [details]

original description (of Mellivorus Brookes, 1828) Cat. Mus. Brookes
page(s): 32 [details]

original description (of Ratelus Bennett, 1830) Gard. Menag. Zool. Soc., 1 (Quad.)
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of Ratellus Gray, 1827) Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.
page(s): 118 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Cf. Melitoryx Gloger 1841. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Type species as cited Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (M [details]