Ictonyx Kaup 1835

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 : 607

Ictonyx Kaup 1835

Ictonyx Kaup 1835 , Das Thierreich in Seinen Hauptformen, Vol. 1: 352.

Type Species: Ictonyx capensis Kaup 1835

Synonyms: Ictidonyx Agassiz 1846 ; Ictomys Roberts 1936 ; Ozolictis Gloger 1841 ; Poecilictis Thomas and Hinton 1920 ; Rhabdogale Wiegmann 1838 ; Zorilla Oken 1816 ; Zorilla I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 23 subspecies:

Species Ictonyx libyca (Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833)

Subspecies Ictonyx libyca subsp. libyca Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833

Subspecies Ictonyx libyca subsp. multivittata Wagner 1841

Subspecies Ictonyx libyca subsp. oralis Thomas and Hinton 1920

Subspecies Ictonyx libyca subsp. rothschildi Thomas and Hinton 1920

Species Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)

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

Discussion: There is considerable controversy over the correct name for this genus ( Hershkovitz, 1955 b; Van Gelder, 1966). Zorilla Oken (1816) is invalid ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956 b). Zorilla I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1826) , was suppressed under the plenary powers for the purposes of the Principle of Priority ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1967). Rosevear (1974) strongly suggested, and Dekeyser (1955) and Niethammer (1987 a) argued that Poecilictis and Ictonyx are congeneric. The principal skull features used to erect the new genus by Thomas and Hinton (1920) could not be supported when a more extensive series of specimens was measured ( Rosevear, 1974).