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Cynogale bennettii (otter civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Cynogale bennettii was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

Synonyms
  • Viverra carcharias was named by de Blainville (1837). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cynogale bennettii by Mivart (1882).
  • Potamophilus barbatus was named by Müller (1838) [said by Mivart to be 1839, but apparently 1838 based on Pocock 1933]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cynogale bennettii by Mivart (1882).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Viverra carcharias de Blainville p. 115
1838Potamophilus barbatus Müller
1864Cynogale bennettii Gray p. 86
1882Cynogale bennettii Mivart p. 171
1933Cynogale bennettii Pocock p. 1032

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyHemigalinae(Gray 1864)
genusCynogaleGray 1836
speciesbennettiiGray 1864

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cynogale bennettii Gray 1864 [otter civet]
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Invalid names: Potamophilus barbatus Müller 1838 [synonym], Viverra carcharias de Blainville 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:42:08
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available