Suricata suricatta Schreber, 1776

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 308

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Suricata suricatta Schreber, 1776 View in CoL . Die Säugethiere, pl. 117 [1776].

TYPE LOCALITY: Listed as " Cape of Good Hope" by Meester et al. (1986), restricted by Thomas and Schwann (1905: 133) to "Deelfontein" [ South Africa] .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Namibia, South Africa, S Botswana.

SYNONYMS: capensis Desmarest, 1804 ; hahni Thomas, 1927; hamiltoni Thomas and Schwann, 1905; lophurus Thomas and Schwann, 1905; marjoriae Bradfield, 1936; namaquensis Thomas and Schwann, 1905; surakatta Smith, 1826; tetradactyla Pallas 1778; typicus Smith, 1834 ; viverrina Desmarest, 1819 ; zenik Scopoli, 1786.