Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 563

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scientific name	Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier 1825
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Treatment

Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier 1825 , in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Nat. Mammiferes, Hist., pt. 3, Vol. 5, 47: "Mangue, " 3 pp., 1 pl.

Type Species: Crossarchus obscurus F. G. Cuvier 1825

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Crossarchus alexandri Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Species Crossarchus ansorgei Thomas 1910

Subspecies Crossarchus ansorgei subsp. ansorgei Thomas 1910

Subspecies Crossarchus ansorgei subsp. nigricolor Colyn and Van Rompaey 1990

Species Crossarchus obscurus F. G. Cuvier 1825

Species Crossarchus platycephalus Goldman 1984

Discussion: Revised by Goldman (1984) and Colyn and Van Rompaey (1994). Placed in Mungos by Hill and Carter (1941). Van Rompaey and Colyn (1992) presented a key to the species.