Definition of Genus herpestes

1. Noun. Mongooses.

Exact synonyms: Herpestes
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Member holonyms: Mongoose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Herpestes

genus Helvella
genus Helwingia
genus Helxine
genus Hemachatus
genus Hemerocallis
genus Hemigalus
genus Hemigrammus
genus Hemipteronatus
genus Hemitripterus
genus Hepatica
genus Heracleum
genus Heritiera
genus Hermannia
genus Hermissenda
genus Hernaria
genus Herpestes
genus Herrerasaurus
genus Hesperiphona
genus Hesperis
genus Heteranthera
genus Heterocephalus
genus Heterodon
genus Heteromeles
genus Heteroscelus
genus Heterotheca
genus Heuchera
genus Hevea
genus Hexagrammos
genus Hexalectris
genus Hexamita

Literary usage of Genus herpestes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus herpestes. Long vermiform body; short legs with five semi-palmated toes with short compressed claws ; eyes small, with linear erect pupils; ..."

2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... being represented only by species of the large and widely-spread genus Herpestes. Both this genus and Viverra date from the European Oligocene, ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"10, vol. iv. p. 31, pi. vii. figs. 6,6a. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India, 1886. Genus HERPESTES (pt. ip 104). ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"The genus Herpestes exhibits the characters before enumerated i»-3 existing in Viverra, except nos. 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26 (often), if?» 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, ..."

5. Introduction to Mammalia by Charles Hamilton Smith (1858)
"... rounded ears, dark grey-brown, paler cheeks, a full brush tail, black feet; a gentle and very cleanly animal in captivity. Sub-genus HERPESTES Proper. ..."

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