Civettictis civetta (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 : 345

Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) . Die Säugethiere, 3(16):pl. 111 (1776]; text 3(24):418, 3:index, p. 587(1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: " Guinea, Kongo, das Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung und Aethiopien", restricted by Allen (1924: 117) to " Guinea " .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroonn, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Botswana).

SYNONYMS: australis Lundholm, 1955 ; congica Cabrera, 1929 ; matschiei Pocock, 1933 ; megaspila Noack, 1891 ; orientalis Matschie, 1891 ; poortmanni Pucheran, 1855; schwarzi Cabrera, 1929; volkmanni Lundholm, 1955.

COMMENTS: Some authors have placed this species in Viverra , see Coetzee (19776); most have followed Pocock (19156), who placed this species in Civettictis . Rosevear (1974) noted differences in scent glands; G. Petter (1969) discussed dental differences.