Atilax paludinosus
(G. Cuvier, 1829)
Marsh Mongoose
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Viverroidea |
Family | : Herpestidae |
Subfamily | : Herpestinae |
Genus | : Atilax |
Species status
Authority citation
Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome I. Déterville et Crochard, Paris, 584 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374000Original name as described
Herpestes paludinosus
Other common names
Water Mongoose
Type material
MNHN-ZM-2014-3, MNHN-ZM-2014-4, MNHN-ZM-2014-5
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-3 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-4 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-5Type locality
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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