Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus 1758)

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 : 568

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scientific name	Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Viverra] ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 43 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "in Ægypto ad ripas Nili,...in India primario; mansuescit", restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to " Egypt " .

Vernacular Names: Egyptian Mongoose.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. ichneumon Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. angolensis Bocage 1890

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. cafra Gmelin 1788

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. centralis Lönnberg 1917

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. funestus Osgood 1910

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. mababiensis Roberts 1932

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. numidicus F. G. Cuvier 1834

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. parvidens Lönnberg 1908

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. sabiensis Roberts 1926

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. sangronizi Cabrera 1924

Subspecies Herpestes ichneumon subsp. widdringtonii Gray 1842

Distribution: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guinea, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Lybia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).