Herpestes brachyurus Gray 1837
Creators: name: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Herpestidae
Herpestes
Herpestes brachyurus

description: <i>Herpestes brachyurus</i> Gray, 1837. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:88 [1837]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Indian Islands", restricted by Kloss (1917) to "Borneo", however, Thomas (1921 c) believed it to be from " Malacca ". Pocock, <i>in</i> Chasen (1940), believed the type to be a "Malayan Race". DISTRIBUTION: S India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra), Malaysia, Philippine Isis, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. SYNONYMS: <i>ceylanicus</i> Nevill, 1887; <i>ceylonicus</i> Thomas, 1924; <i>dyacorum</i> Thomas, 1921; <i>flavidens</i> Kelaart, 1852; <i>fulvescens</i> Kelaart, 1851; /«sc« Waterhouse, 1838; <i>hosei</i> Jentink, <i>1903</i> <i>;</i> <i>javanensis</i> Bechthold, 1936; <i>maccarthiae</i> Gray, 1851; <i>palawanus</i> Allen, 1910; <i>parvus</i> Jentink, 1895; <i>phillipsi</i> Thomas, 1924; <i>rafflesii</i> Anderson, 1875; <i>rajah</i> Thomas, 1921; <i>rubidior</i> Pocock, 1937; <i>siccatus</i> Thomas, 1924; <i>sumatrius</i> Thomas, 1921. COMMENTS: Bechthold (1939), followed here, included <i>hosei</i> and <i>fusca,</i> and listed characteristics suggesting that in some respects, <i>semitorquatus</i> was intermediate between <i>brachyurus</i> and <i>urva;</i> this was followed by Medway (1977). Bechthold (1939) believed that /usc« <i>(sensu stricto)</i> is most closely related to far-eastern <i>brachyurus</i> forms and considered them conspecific (both forms are short tailed mongooses); however, he gave features of the skull and pelage (used elsewhere at the specific level, i.e., <i>edwardsii vs. javanicus)</i> that distinguished the S India /Sri Lankan populations from those of SE Asia. Here they are provisionally treated as allopatric subspecies. Schwarz (1947) believed <i>semitorcjuatus</i> to be a red color morph of the dark <i>brachyurus,</i> although he did not address the most distinguishing feature of the collared mongoose - the collar - present in <i>semitorquatus</i> and absent in <i>brachyurus.</i> Medway (1977), followed by Payne et al. (1985), recognized <i>hosei</i> based on differences in the shape of the coronoid process of the mandible.
description: Published as part of <i>W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on pages 304-305, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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