Poecilogale albinucha

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

African Striped Weasel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1864-07. Notice of a new species of Zorilla. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(1):69-70.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500352

Original name as described

Zorilla albinucha

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1853.10.23.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ef1aee1-0282-4d53-9c25-424f502ac62c

Type locality

South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005837

Country distribution map

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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 albinucha

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albinucha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.10.23.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ef1aee1-0282-4d53-9c25-424f502ac62c

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500352

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Zorilla flavistriata

(du Bocage, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

flavistriata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.10.23.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ef1aee1-0282-4d53-9c25-424f502ac62c

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497359

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Poecilogale doggetti

O. Thomas & Schwann, 1904

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

doggetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.6.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7836936a-4fea-45c4-8120-9cbd25a2f940

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887651

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Poecilogale albinucha transvaalensis

A. Roberts, 1926

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

transvaalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1191

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Poecilogale albinucha bechuanae

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

bechuanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5311

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Poecilogale albinucha lebombo

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lebombo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5601

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela albinucha

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albinucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497045

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Poecilogale albinucha

Matschie, 1895

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albinucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835477

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Thomas (1898:931, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  3. Roberts (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  9. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41662/45215258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Poecilogale albinucha albinucha

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albinucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Poecilogale albinucha doggetti

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

doggetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Poecilogale albinucha flavistriata

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

flavistriata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)

Zorilla africana

(W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497357

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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