Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Mellivora
Species: M. capensis
Name
Mellivora Storr, 1780
Type species: Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (Melville and Smith, 1987).
Synonyms
* Lipotus Sundevall, 1843
* Melitoryx Gloger, 1841
* Melivora Gray, 1847
* Ratellus Gray, 1827
* Rattelus Swainson, 1835
* Ratelus Gray, 1825
* Ursitaxus Hodgson, 1835
* Ursotaxus Blyth, 1840
* Viverra Schreber, 1776
References
* Storr, G. C. C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Litteris Reissianis, Tubingae, Germany. p. 34, Tabl. A.
* Mellivora on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Mellivora Storr, 1780 Report on ITIS
Vernacular names
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