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GENUS Suricata

Author:Desmarest, 1804.
Citation:Tabl. Méth. Hist. Nat., in, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 24: 15.
Type Species:Suricata capensis Desmarest, 1804 (= Viverra suricatta Schreber, 1776), by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).
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SPECIES suricatta

SUBSPECIES suricatta

SUBSPECIES iona

SUBSPECIES marjoriae

Synonyms:

    Rhyzaena Wagner, 1841
    Rysaena Lesson, 1827
    Ryzaena Illiger, 1811
    Surricata Gray, 1821

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