Suricata Desmarest, 1804
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Tabl. Méth. Hist. Nat., in, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. vol.24 p.15
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Herpestidae
- genus
- Suricata
Name
- Synonyms
- Rhyzaena Smuts, 1832
- Rhyzaena Wagner, 1841
- Rizaena Blainville, 1817
- Rizoena Blainville, 1817
- Rysaena Lesson, 1827
- Ryzaena Illiger, 1811
- Surricata Gray, 1821
- Homonyms
- Suricata Desmarest, 1804
- Common names
- meerkat in English
Bibliographic References
- Gilchrist, J. S., A. P. Jennings, G. Veron, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Herpestidae (Mongooses). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 262-329.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)
- Latreille, P.A. (1804). Tableau Synoptique des Classes des Animaux, pp. 1-211 in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, Vol. 24. Crapelet, Paris. 84+85+238+18+34 pp.
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
- Veron, Géraldine, Marie-Lilith Patou, and Andrew P. Jennings / Do Linh San et al., eds., 2022: Systematics and Evolution of the Mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Small Carnivores - Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation. 61-78.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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