Urva urva

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Herpestidae
Subfamilia: Herpestinae
Genus: Urva
Species: Urva urva
Subspecies: U. u. annamensis – U. u. formosanus – U. u. sinensis – U. u. urva

Name

Urva urva (Hodgson, 1836)

Type locality: "Central and Northern Regions"; Nepal

Synonymy

Gulo urva Hodgson, 1836: 238 [Protonym]
Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) Anderson, 1879: 180
Urva urva (Hodgson, 1836) Patou et al., 2009: 78

References

Primary references

Hodgson, B.H. 1836. Synoptical descriptions of sundry new animals, enumerated in the Catalogue of Nipalese Mammals. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 231–238. BHL Reference page.
Anderson, J. 1878 [1879]. Anatomical and zoological researches: comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella. Vols. I. [Text], II. [Plates]. London: B. Quaritch. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.50434 Reference page.
Patou, M.-L., Mclenachan, P.A., Morley, C.G., Couloux, A., Jennings, A.P. & Veron, G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(1): 69–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.038 ResearchGate Reference page.

Additional references

van Rompaey, H. 2001. The Crab-eating mongoose, Herpestes urva. Small Carnivore Conservation, 25: 12–17.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Урва
Deutsch: Krabbenmanguste
English: Crab-eating Mongoose
español: Meloncillo cangrejero
français: Mangouste crabière
Bahasa Melayu: Bambun Makan Ketam
polski: Mangusta urwa, mangusta krabojad, urwa
ไทย: พังพอนกินปู, พังพอนยักษ์