Atilax paludinosus (G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1829) . Regn. Anim., Nouv. ed., 1:158.

TYPE LOCALITY: "une grand des marais du Cap" [South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope] .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Ruwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, and Zambia.

SYNONYMS: atilax Wagner, 1841; galera Schreber, 1777; macrodon Allen, 1924; mitis Thomas, 1902; mordax Thomas, 1912; nigerianus Thomas, 1912; paludosus Gray, 1865; pluto Temminck, 1853; robustus Gray, 1864; rubellus Thomas and Wroughton, 1908; rubescens Hollister, 1912; spadiceus Cabrera, 1921; transvaalensis Roberts, 1933; urinatrix Smith, 1829; vansire F. Cuvier, 1826; voangshire Zimmermann, 1777.