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Herpestes ichneumon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Egyptian mongoose
(mammal)
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Entity:
Herpestes (Genus) - common mongooses
..Herpestes (Subgenus)
..Herpestes brachyurus (Species) - short-tailed mongoose
..Herpestes edwardsi (Species) - Indian gray mongoose
..Herpestes fuscus (Species) - Indian brown mongoose
..Herpestes javanicus (Species) - small Asian mongoose
..Herpestes naso (Species) - long-nosed mongoose
..Herpestes semitorquatus (Species) - collared mongoose
..Herpestes smithii (Species) - ruddy mongoose
..Herpestes urva (Species) - crab-eating mongoose
..Herpestes vitticollis (Species) - stripe-necked mongoose
..Urva (Subgenus)
..Xenogale (Subgenus)
..Herpestes ichneumon (Species) - Egyptian mongoose
....Herpestes ichneumon angolensis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon cafra (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon centralis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon funestus (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon ichneumon (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon mababiensis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon numidicus (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon parvidens (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon sabiensis (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon sangronizi (Subspecies)
....Herpestes ichneumon widdringtonii (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 43-44.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Herpestes
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Herpestes ichneumon ichneumon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 2005
: 2 Apr 2013.
[inferred]
Combinations
Basionym
:
Viverra ichneumon
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
faraorat
:
echte ichneumon
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Egyptian mongoose
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 568.
:
large grey mongoose
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28 Aug 2026