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  • GENUS CYNICTIS OGILBY, 1833

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    Genus CYNICTIS

     

    Ogilby, 1833

     

     

    1 ) Yellow Mongoose - Cynictis penicillata - Herpeste penicillatus Cuvier, 1829, type locality "Cape" (South Africa).

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    C. p. penicillata Cuvier, 1829 - South Africa, and Lesotho. ( * )

     

    C. p. bradfieldi Roberts, 1924 - S Angola, N Botswana, Namibia, and W Zimbabwe.

     

    C. p. coombsii Roberts, 1929 - S Botswana and Northern Transvaal.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • GENUS GALERELLA GRAY, 1865

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    Genus GALERELLA

     

    Gray, 1865

     

     

    1 ) Angolan Slender Mongoose - Galerella flavescens - Herpestes gracilis var. flavescens Bocage, 1889. "Benguella", Namibia.

     

    Distribution.

     

    SW Angola, NW Namibia.

     

     

    2 ) Somalian Slender Mongoose - Galerella ochracea - Herpestes ochraceus Gray, 1848. "Abyssinia".

     

    Distribution.

     

    Ethiopia, Somalia, NE Kenya.

     

     

    3 )  Cape Gray Mongoose - Galerella pulverulenta - Herpestes pulverulentus Wagner, 1839, type locality " Cape ", exact locality unknown.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    G. p. pulverulenta Wagner, 1839 - Namibia, south Africa.

     

    G. p. basutica Roberts, 1936 - E Lesotho to South Africa ( W KwaZulu-Natal)

     

    G. p. ruddi Thomas, 1903 - South Africa.

     

     

    4 ) Common Slender Mongoose - Galerella sanguinea - Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell, 1835. "Kordofan", Sudan. ( * )

     

    Distribution.

     

    From the sub-Saharan belt, from Senegal to the Red Sea Coast in Sudan, & S to South Africa, Zanzibar Is.

     

     

     

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  • GENUS HERPESTES ILLIGER, 1811

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    Genus HERPESTES

     

    Illiger, 1811

     

     

    1 ) Small Indian Mongoose - Herpestes auropunctatus - Mangusta auropunctata Hodgson, 1836, central Nepal.

     

    Distribution.

     

    SW Asia from Iraq to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, S China.

     

     

    2 ) Short-tailed Mongoose - Herpestes brachyurus - Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837, Malacca, Malaysia.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. b. brachyurus Gray, 1837 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore.

     

    H. b. palawanus J.A. Allen, 1910 - the Philippines (Palawan & Calamian Is.)

     

    H. b. rajah Thomas, 1921 - Borneo.

     

    H. b. sumatrius Thomas, 1921 - Sumatra.

     

     

    3 ) Indian Gray Mongoose - Herpestes edwardsii - Ichneumon edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Madras, East Indies.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. e. edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 - SE India & Sri Lanka.

     

    H. e. carnaticus Wroughton, 1921 - SW India.

     

    H. e. moerens Wroughton, 1915 - Bangladesh, Bhutan, C & NE India, Nepal.

     

    H. e. montanus Bechthold, 1936 - Saudi Arabia to NW India.

     

    H. e. pallens Ryley, 1914 - W India.

     

     

    4 ) Indian Brown Mongoose - Herpestes fuscus - Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838, India.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. f. fuscus Waterhouse, 1838 - SW India.

     

    H. f. phillipsi Thomas, 1924 - Sri Lanka (Central Province).

     

    H. f. rubidior Pocock, 1937 - Sri Lanka (Western Province).

     

    H. f. siccatus Thomas, 1924 - Sri Lanka (Northern Province).

     

     

    5 ) Egyptian Mongoose - Herpestes ichneumon - Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758, Egypt.

     

    Distribution.

     

    Iberian Peninsula, N Africa, Middle East in S Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel; in Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia to E Africa in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya & S to Gabon, Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana, N Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa.

     

     

    6 ) Javan Mongoose - Herpestes javanicus - Ichneumon javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Java.

     

    Distribution.

     

    SE Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

     

     

    7 ) Collared Mongoose - Herpestes semitorquatus - Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846, Borneo.

     

    Distribution.

     

    Borneo.

     

     

    8 ) Ruddy Mongoose - Herpestes smithii - Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837, Bombay(?), India.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. s. smithii Gray, 1837 - India.

     

    H. s. zeylanius Thomas, 1921 - Sri Lanka. ( * )

     

     

    9 ) Crab-eating Mongoose - Herpestes urva - Gulo urva Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. u. urva Hodgson, 1836 - Nepal.

     

    H. u. annamensis Bechthold, 1936 - Vietnam.

     

    H. u. formosanus Bechthold, 1936 - Taiwan.

     

    H. u. sinensis Bechthold, 1936 - S China, Hainan Is.

     

     

    10 ) Stripe-necked Mongoose - Herpestes vitticollis - Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835, Travancore, South India.

     

    Subspecies and Distribution.

     

    H. v. vitticollis Bennett, 1835 - SW India & Sri Lanka.

     

    H. v. inornatus Pocock, 1941 - W India

     

     

     

     

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