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GENUS Mellivora

Author:Storr, 1780.
Citation:Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: p. 34, Tabl. A.
Type Species:Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (Melville and Smith, 1987).
Comments:Placed in Mellivorinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
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SPECIES capensis

SUBSPECIES capensis

SUBSPECIES abyssinica

SUBSPECIES buechneri

SUBSPECIES concisa

SUBSPECIES cottoni

SUBSPECIES inaurita

SUBSPECIES indica

SUBSPECIES leuconota

SUBSPECIES maxwelli

SUBSPECIES pumilio

SUBSPECIES signata

SUBSPECIES wilsoni

Synonyms:

    Lipotus Sundevall, 1843
    Melitoryx Gloger, 1841
    Melivora Gray, 1847
    Ratellus Gray, 1827
    Rattelus Swainson, 1835
    Ratelus Gray, 1825
    Ursitaxus Hodgson, 1835
    Ursotaxus Blyth, 1840

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