Paracynictis selousi (de Winton, 1896) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:469.

TYPE LOCALITY: "found on a grassy heap under a tree, EssexVale, Matabeleland ... near Bulawayo " [Zimbabwe] .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

SYNONYMS: bechuanae Roberts, 1932; ngamiensis Roberts, 1932; sengaani Roberts, 1931.