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GENUS Atilax

Author:F. G. Cuvier, 1826.
Citation:In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 5(54): "Vansire," 2 pp., 1 pl..
Type Species:Herpestes paludinosus G. [Baron] Cuvier (1829), by original designation (Melville and Smith, 1987).
Comments:Fredga's (1972) comparative chromosome study of mongooses suggested that recognition of Atilax as distinct from Herpestes would make Herpestes paraphyletic. However, allozyme data support Atilax as the first early offshoot of the main herpestine branch (Taylor et al., 1991).
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Offspring:

SPECIES paludinosus

SUBSPECIES paludinosus

SUBSPECIES macrodon

SUBSPECIES mitis

SUBSPECIES mordax

SUBSPECIES nigerianus

SUBSPECIES pluto

SUBSPECIES robustus

SUBSPECIES rubellus

SUBSPECIES rubescens

SUBSPECIES spadiceus

SUBSPECIES transvaalensis

Synonyms:

    Athylax de Blainville, 1837

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