4-673: Urva may refer to: Urva (genus) , a genus of animals Urva, Azerbaijan , a village in Azerbaijan Urva, Pınarbaşı , a village in Turkey Urva (river) [ ru ] , a river in Russia, ultimately draining into the Kama See also [ edit ] Urwa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-476: A clade with all other African mongoose species. An Urva fossil specimen, an upper molar tooth , was excavated in the Ayeyarwady River valley in central Myanmar and is estimated to date to the late Pliocene . The scientific name Urva was coined by Brian Houghton Hodgson as the specific name of crab-eating mongoose in 1836, and as the generic name in the following year. Urva species have
12-524: Is a genus comprising the Asian mongooses within the mongoose family Herpestidae. Species in the genus were formerly classified in the genus Herpestes , which is now thought to comprise exclusively African mongooses; phylogenetic evidence indicates that the Asian mongooses form a monophyletic group and had an Asian common ancestor . Urva forms a clade with Xenogale and Atilax , while Herpestes forms
16-472: The title Urva . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urva&oldid=1143954366 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Urva (genus) See table and range map Urva
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