Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 273

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scientific name	Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)
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Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) View in CoL . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:236.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Arabia to S. China, and Hainan Isl. (SW) and Malay Peninsula. Introduced to the West Indies, Hawaiian Isis. ( U.S.A.), and many other tropical regions.

COMMENT: Includes palustris; see Ewer, 1973, The Carnivores, p. 405; Michaelis, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 106; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20:121. Probably conspecific with javanicus ; see Bechthold, 1939, Z. Saugetierk., 14: 147; but also see comment under javanicus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005027001001.