Urva

See also: urva

Translingual

Urva urva (crab-eating mongoose)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Urva f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – Herpestes — formerly the sole mongoose genus.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – Asian mongooses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia - suborder; Herpestidae - family; Herpestinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Urva urva (syn. Herpestes urva; crab-eating mongoose) - type species
  • Urva vitticollis (stripe-necked mongoose), Urva smithii (ruddy mongoose), Urva semitorquata (collared mongoose), Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose), Urva brachyura (short-tailed mongoose), Urva javanica (Javan mongoose), Urva fusca (Indian brown mongoose), Urva edwardsii (Indian grey mongoose) - other species

References

• Urva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Urva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Urva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons