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Crossarchus

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Description

Crossarchus is a mongoose genus, commonly referred to as kusimanse, often cusimanse, mangue, or dwarf mongoose. They are placed in the subfamily Herpestinae or Mungotinae, which are small, highly social mongooses.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossarchus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3241454	https://www.gbif.org/species/3241454
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41000	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41000

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Crossarchus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Crossarchus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
superfamily	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
family	Herpestidae
genus	Crossarchus	Cuvier 1825

Common Name

dwarf mongoose

Scientific Name

Crossarchus Cuvier, 1825

Name Published In

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. & Frédéric Cuvier. 1825. Histoire naturelle des mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivans. A. Belin, Paris. Vol. 5.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Crossarchus	genus	belongs to Viverrina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Crossarchus	genus	belongs to Herpestinae	stated with evidence	Mivart, 1882
Crossarchus	genus	belongs to Viverridae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Crossarchus	genus	belongs to Herpestidae	stated without evidence	Werdelin and Peigne, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 0.01 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore, carnivore (based on Herpestidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Dwarf Mongoose

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossarchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Youngest
Crossarchus alexandri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crossarchus ansorgei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crossarchus obscurus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Common Kusimanse	0 Ma Extant
Crossarchus platycephalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crossarchus zebra species	listed (PBDB)		0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Crossachus Brookes, 1828	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Crossachus*
Crosarchus Schinz, 1827	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : *Crosarchus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Crossarchus Cuvier
1825	Crossarchus Gray p. 339
1882	Crossarchus Mivart p. 142
1988	Crossarchus Carroll
2010	Crossarchus Werdelin and Peigne p. 630

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Mivart St. G. On the Classification and Distribution of the Aeluroidea, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882, 135-208

Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Geoffroy & Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 3 (47), Mangue - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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