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Cynictis Ogilby, 1833

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1833 p.48

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Herpestidae
genus
Cynictis

Name

Synonyms
Alopecurus Steedman, 1833
Cynictes Gray, 1847
Homonyms
Cynictis Ogilby, 1833
Common names
Bushy-tailed meerkat in English
Geelmeerkat in English
Rooimeerkat in Afrikaans
Yellow mongoose in English
yellow mongoose in English

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  3. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  4. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1
  5. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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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