Atilax
| Atilax Temporal range: EarlyPleistocene-Recent
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| Marsh mongoose(Atilax paludinosus) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
| Genus: | Atilax F. Cuvier,1826 |
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Atilaxis a genus ofmongoosecontaining a single living species, themarsh mongoose(Atilax paludinosus).A single fossil species probably ancestral to the marsh mongoose is also known fromSouth Africa.[1]
Thegeneric nameAtilaxwas introduced in 1826 byFrédéric Cuvier.[2]
They are solitary, nocturnal, and semi-aquatic mammals that inhabits wetlands and feeds on fish, crustaceans, frogs, and small mammals.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Brain, C.K. (1983).The Hunters Or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy.University of Chicago Press. p. 166.
- ^Cuvier, F. G. (1826)."Vansire".In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; F. G. Cuvier (eds.).Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères: avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'aprèsdes animaux vivans. Tome 5.Paris: A. Belin. p. LIV.
- ^Ray, Justina (September 1997)."Comparative ecology of two African forest mongooses, Herpestes naso and Atilax paludinosus".African Journal of Ecology.35(3): 237–253.Bibcode:1997AfJEc..35..237R.doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.086-89086.x.
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