Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)

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Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)

[Bradypus] striatus Perry 1810 , Arcana, Mus. Nat. Hist. Signature Y: Fig. [41] [1810].

Type Locality: "South America". This is clearly in error and Hollister (1918) fixed the type locality as " Cape of Good Hope". [ South Africa].

Vernacular Names: Striped Polecat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. striatus Perry 1810

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. albescens Heller 1913

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. arenarius Roberts 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. elgonis Granvik 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. erythreae de Winton 1898

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. ghansiensis Roberts 1932

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. giganteus Roberts 1932

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. intermedius Anderson and de Winton 1902

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. kalaharicus Roberts 1932

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. lancasteri Roberts 1932

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. limpopoensis Roberts 1917

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. maximus Roberts 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. obscuratus de Beaux 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. orangiae Roberts 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. ovamboensis Roberts 1951

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. pretoriae Roberts 1924

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. senegalensis J. B. Fischer 1829

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. shoae Thomas 1906

Subspecies Ictonyx striatus subsp. shortridgei Roberts 1932

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Larivière (2002 b). See Hollister (1918) on the use of this name. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).