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Galerella sanguinea  (Rüppell, 1835)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 622010

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Slender Mongoose [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyHerpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 – civets, mongooses  
                                        GenusGalerella Gray, 1865  
                                           SpeciesGalerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) – Slender Mongoose  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea canus (Wroughton, 1907)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea cauui (A. Smith, 1836)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea dasilvai (Roberts, 1938)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea dentifer (Heller, 1913)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea fulvidior Thomas, 1904  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea galbus (Wroughton, 1909)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea gracilis (Rüppell, 1835)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea grantii (Gray, 1865)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea ibeae (Wroughton, 1907)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea ignitus (Roberts, 1913)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea lancasteri (Roberts, 1932)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea melanura (Martin, 1836)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea mossambica (Matschie, 1914)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea mustela Schwarz, 1935  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea mutgigella (Rüppell, 1835)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea orestes (Heller, 1911)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea parvipes (Hollister, 1916)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea perfulvidus (Thomas, 1904)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea phoenicurus (Thomas, 1912)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea proteus (Thomas, 1907)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea rendilis (Lönnberg, 1912)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea saharae (Thomas, 1925)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea swalius (Thomas, 1926)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea swinnyi (Roberts, 1913)  
                                              SubspeciesGalerella sanguinea ugandae (Wroughton, 1909)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Galerella sanguinea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Galerella sanguinea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galerella sanguinea, Slender Mongoose [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Galerella sanguinea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: This engimatic group, reviewed by Taylor (1975) and Watson (1990), is represented by several allopatric populations (a situation similar to the Genetta genetta complex where they are recognized as conspecific). Watson and Dippenaar (1987), in their revision, argued for the separation of nigratus (placed here in flavescens), and swalius (considered here as conspecific), and considered swinnyi Roberts (1913), as incertae sedis (included here), although their study did not include representati...  
 

 

    


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