NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Atilax
  Family - Herpestidae
  Suborder - Feliformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus paludinosus
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus macrodon
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus mitis
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus mordax
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus nigerianus
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus pluto
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus robustus
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus rubellus
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus rubescens
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus spadiceus
      Subspecies - Atilax paludinosus transvaalensis