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Definition of Herpestes urva

Herpestes urva
Urva Ur"va, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.

Meaning of Herpestes urva from wikipedia

- later classified in the genus Herpestes, but all Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva, of which U. urva is the type species. The crab-eating...
- mongoose was later classified in the genus Herpestes; all Asian mongooses are now classified the genus Urva. The small Indian mongoose was once considered...
- common ancestor. Urva forms a clade with Xenogale and Atilax, while Herpestes forms a clade with all other African mongoose species. An Urva fossil specimen...
- Asia were classified as belonging to the genus Herpestes. In 1864, John Edward Gray listed 22 Herpestes species, which he considered as part of the Viverridae...
- 2021-07-08. "Indian marsh mongoose Herpestes palustris Ghose". Archived from the original on 2003-09-08. Data related to Herpestes smithii at Wikispecies v t...
- The collared mongoose (Urva semitorquata) is a mongoose species native to Borneo and Sumatra; its presence in the Philippines is uncertain. It is listed...
- It was later classified in the genus Herpestes, but all Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva. In the 19th and 20th centuries, several...
- It was later classified in the genus Herpestes, but all Asian mongooses are now classified in the genus Urva. Subspecies: U. e. edwardsii U. e. ferruginea...
- The stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) is a mongoose species native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka. It is rusty brown...
- and 19th centuries. The name is derived from names used in India for Herpestes species: muṅgūs or maṅgūs in classical Hindi; muṅgūs in Marathi; mungisa...