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Herpestidae (mongoose)
Taxonomy
Herpestinae was named by Bonaparte (1845). Its type is Herpestes.
It was reranked as the family Herpestidae by Hunt (1989), Nowak (1991), Baker (1992), Hunt (1998) and Morlo et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Viverridae by Mivart (1882), Taylor (1972) and Hendey (1974); to Carnivora by Nowak (1991); to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989) and Hunt (1998); and to Feliformia by Baker (1992) and Morlo et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the family Herpestidae by Hunt (1989), Nowak (1991), Baker (1992), Hunt (1998) and Morlo et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Viverridae by Mivart (1882), Taylor (1972) and Hendey (1974); to Carnivora by Nowak (1991); to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989) and Hunt (1998); and to Feliformia by Baker (1992) and Morlo et al. (2007).
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