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Definition of Genus herpestes
1. Noun. Mongooses.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Member holonyms: Mongoose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Herpestes
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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