IRMNG - Galerella Gray, 1865

IRMNG taxon details

Galerella Gray, 1865

IRMNG_ID

1281291 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1281291)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845

Direct children (4)

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Species Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889)
Species Galerella pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839)
Species Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1836)
Species Galerella swalius (Thomas, 1926)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 564 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark For use by those who consider on taxonomic grounds that Galerella Gray is distinct from Herpestes Illiger, 1811 (ICZN)....

Taxonomic remark For use by those who consider on taxonomic grounds that Galerella Gray is distinct from Herpestes Illiger, 1811 (ICZN). Authority cited elsewhere as Gray, 1864[1865]. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Galerella Gray, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1281291 on 2024-04-18

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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original description Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 564 [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Wilson & Reeder, 1993 [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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/Wilson & Reeder, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

From other sources

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Herpestes ochraceus Gray, 1849 by original designation. [details]

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