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SPECIES Galerella pulverulenta
Author: | Wagner, 1839. | Citation: | Gelehrte. Anz. I. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, 9: 426. | Common Name: | Cape Gray Mongoose | Type Locality: | "Kap" [Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape Prov., South Africa]. | Distribution: | South Africa, south of 27°S latitude (Bronner, 1990). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Cavallini (1992). Revised by Lynch (1981) and Watson and Dippenaar (1987), who removed annulata and shortridgei (provisionally listed here under G. flavescens; perhaps best considered incertae sedis) and nigrata (placed also in flavescens) from pulverulenta; although Meester et al. (1986) did not. Crawford-Cabral (1989a) included these taxa with flavescens. Lynch (1981) argued that subspecies recognition was not warranted. Synonyms allocated accoding to Cavallini (1992) and Watson and Dippenaar (1987). |
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