Dologale dybowskii

(de Pousargues, 1893)

Pousargues's Mongoose

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Mungosinae
Genus: Dologale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pousargues, E. de. 1893. Note sur deux espèces nouvelles de mammifères rapportées par M. Jean Dyrowski de la région de l'Oubangui. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 18:51-54.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099292

Original name as described

Crossarchus Dybowskii

Other common names

Savannah Mongoose

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-2053

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-2053

Type locality

"Ubangi, Congo Belge", Central African Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006064

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Crossarchus Dybowskii

de Pousargues, 1893

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-2053

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

du haut Kemo, afflueut de la rive droite de l'Oubangui

Type locality

Central African Republic: 6°17′N, 19°12′E.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-2053

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099292

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Pousargues (1893:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68688)
Trouessart (1904:259, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas & Wroughton (1907:374, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16293)
Thomas (1910:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10051)

Herpestes (Calogale) nigripes

P. S. Kershaw, 1924

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.10.14.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Moru District, Mongalla, about 5° N, 31° E.

Type locality

South Sudan: 5°N, 31°E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/29a3ccd3-135a-46bd-8dda-06c3cbea31e9

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Helogale hirtula robusta

J. A. Allen, 1924

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-51104

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-51104

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949513

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Dologale dybowskii:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782011

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Setzer (1956:557, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Coetzee (1971:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Corbet & Hill (1980:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41598/45205821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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