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SPECIES Ictonyx striatus

Author:Perry, 1810.
Citation:Arcana, Mus. Nat. Hist. Signature Y: Fig. [41][1810].
Common Name:Striped Polecat
Type Locality:"South America". This is clearly in error and Hollister (1918) fixed the type locality as "Cape of Good Hope". [South Africa].
Distribution:Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Larivière (2002b). See Hollister (1918) on the use of this name. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).
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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES striatus

SUBSPECIES albescens

SUBSPECIES arenarius

SUBSPECIES elgonis

SUBSPECIES erythreae

SUBSPECIES ghansiensis

SUBSPECIES giganteus

SUBSPECIES intermedius

SUBSPECIES kalaharicus

SUBSPECIES lancasteri

SUBSPECIES limpopoensis

SUBSPECIES maximus

SUBSPECIES obscuratus

SUBSPECIES orangiae

SUBSPECIES ovamboensis

SUBSPECIES pretoriae

SUBSPECIES senegalensis

SUBSPECIES shoae

SUBSPECIES shortridgei

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