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Helogale hirtula Thomas, 1904

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.14 p.97

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Herpestidae
genus
Helogale
species
Helogale hirtula

Name

Homonyms
Helogale hirtula Thomas, 1904
Helogale hirtula Gray, 1862
Common names
Dwarf Mongoose in language.
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian dwarf mongoose in English
Ethiopische Dwergmangoeste in Dutch
Mangosta enana etíope in Spanish
Mangouste velue in French
Mangusteczka etiopska in Polish
Ruigharige Dwergmangoeste in Dutch
Somali Dwarf Mongoose in English
Somali Zwergichneumon in German
Somalia-Zwergmanguste in German
Somaliazwergmanguste in German
aavikkomangusti in Finnish
desert dwarf mongoose in English
desert dwarf mongoose in English
desert dwarf mongoose in English
mangusta hrubosrstá in Czech
Östliche Zwergmanguste in German
Ørkendvergmungo in Norwegian Bokmål
نمس قزم إثيوبي in Arabic
نمس قزم صحراوي in Arabic
ヒガシコビトマングース in Japanese
索馬利亞侏獴 in Chinese
Somali Dwarf Mongoose in English
Desert Dwarf Mongoose in English
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose in English
Mangouste velue in French
Somali Zwergichneumon in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Gilchrist, J. S., A. P. Jennings, G. Veron, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Herpestidae (Mongooses). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 262-329.
  2. Veron, Géraldine, Marie-Lilith Patou, and Andrew P. Jennings / Do Linh San et al., eds., 2022: Systematics and Evolution of the Mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Small Carnivores - Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation. 61-78.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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