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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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 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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