Ictonyx striatus

(Perry, 1810)

Zorilla

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Ictonychinae
Genus : Ictonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Perry, G. 1810. [Issue for November 1810]. Pp. Y1–Z8 in Perry, G. 1811. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. Embellished with coloured plates, and corresponding descriptions; with extracts relating to animals, and remarks of celebrated travellers; combining a general survey of nature. James Stratford, London, unnumbered pp.

Original name as described

Bradypus striatus

Other common names

Striped Polecat

Type locality

South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Egypt · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005835

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Zorilla striata Var. senegalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.7.8.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b5b74fa6-cfb6-4866-9ada-0e1ee35ad0ca

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497082

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Ictonyx senegalensis subsp. intermedia

J. Anderson & de Winton, 1902

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b0f05583-bb07-4ff8-8719-652b6b313a8b

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58720696

Authority publication

London

Ictonyx erythraea

de Winton, 1898

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

erythraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.6.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03d5d6f2-b673-4b5f-8e5a-7c9b7d66a5f4

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627881

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Ictonyx capensis shoae

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

shoae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.1.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ecf44fa5-3291-4bf9-8444-9fb3f241c809

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366562

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Ictonyx striatus sudanicus

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sudanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.95

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b9a40ab-ee35-46a5-9c9f-fefabaf49e8b

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551142

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Ictonyx striatus lancasteri

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lancasteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM 412d

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus shortridgei

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM 6290

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus maximus

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1197

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx capensis limpopoensis

A. Roberts, 1917

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

limpopoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1877

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50440047

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx orangiae pretoriae

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pretoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2444

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx orangiae ghansiensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ghansiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx kalaharicus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6480

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx kalaharicus giganteus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6481

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx kalaharicus nigricaudus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nigricaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6482

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus pondoensis

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pondoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 967

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx capensis albescens

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182724

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b26e2306-16a6-448b-9286-d4b55763ea46

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095855

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Ictonyx orangiae arenarius

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Ictonyx orangiae

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

orangiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Zorilla Capensis

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Zorilla striata

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534697

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Gray (1865:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Ictonyx zorilla

Matschie, 1895

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zorilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835476

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Ictonyx striatus

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41646/45212491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ictonyx striatus albescens

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus arenarius

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus elgonis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

elgonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus erythreae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

erythreae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

608

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus ghansiensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ghansiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus giganteus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus intermedius

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus kalaharicus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus limpopoensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

limpopoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus obscuratus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

obscuratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus orangiae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

orangiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus ovamboensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ovamboensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus pretoriae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pretoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus senegalensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus shoae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

shoae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx striatus striatus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela zorilla

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zorilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637198

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Lesson (1827:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Mustela zorilla

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zorilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Paris

Bradypus striatus

(Perry, 1810)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

Y1

Authority publication

London

Mephites Capensis

(A. Smith, 1826)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela Zorilla Capensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

218

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Mustela Zorilla Senegalensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Mustela Zorilla

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zorilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

218

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Mustela zorilla

(Smuts, 1832)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

zorilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088725

Authority publication

Leiden

Ictonyx capensis

Kaup, 1835

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45992943

Authority publication

Darmstadt

Name usages

Roberts (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Mephitis africana

(H. Lichtenstein, 1838)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29749820

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Rhabdogale mustelina

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mustelinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062848

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1855:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Zorilla variegata

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ictonyx capensis obscurata

De Beaux, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

obscuratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57804005

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano

Ictonyx striaius elgonis

Granvik, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

elgonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Acta Universitatis Lundensis

Ictonyx kalaharicus ovamboensis

A. Roberts, 1951

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ovamboensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Johannesburg

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