Ictonyx striatus (Perry, 1810) . Arcana, Mus. Nat. Hist., Signature Y, Fig. [41] [1810].

TYPE LOCALITY: "South America". This is clearly in error and Hollister (1915) fixed the type locality as " Cape of Good Hope". [South Africa] .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to SE Egypt and Ethiopia, south to South Africa, including: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

SYNONYMS: africana Lichtenstein, 1838; albescens Heller, 1913; arenarius Roberts, 1924; capensis A. Smith, 1826; elgonis Granvik, 1924; erythraea de Winton, 1898; ghansiensis Roberts, 1932; giganteus Roberts, 1932; intermedia Anderson and de Winton, 1902; kalaharicus Roberts, 1932; lancasteri Roberts, 1932; limpopoensis Roberts, 1917; maximus Roberts, 1924; mustelina Wagner, 1841; nigricaudus Roberts, 1932; orangiae Roberts, 1924; ovamboensis Roberts, 1951; pondoensis Roberts, 1924; pretoriae Roberts, 1924; senegalensis Fischer, 1829; shoae Thomas, 1906; shortridgei Roberts, 1932; sudanicus Thomas and Hinton, 1923; variegata Lesson, 1842; zorilla Smuts, 1832.