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--> FAMILY Herpestidae
--> GENUS Mungos
--> SPECIES mungo
SUBSPECIES Mungos mungo mungo
| Author: | Gmelin, 1788. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 84. | | Type Locality: | "Bengala, Persia, aliisque asiae", restricted by Ogilby (1835:101) to "Gambia". However, Thomas (1882) believed it to be in the eastern part of South Africa, [former] Cape Prov., as did Roberts (1929). | |
| | Synonyms:
fasciatus (Desmarest, 1823)
taenionotus (A. Smith, 1834)
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