Herpestes Illiger, 1811 . Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium., p. 135.

COMMENT: Includes Xenogale; see Coetzee, 1977, Part 8: 26; Hayman, 1940, in Sanderson, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 24:623-725; but also see Rosevear, 1974:329; and Ansell, 1978:41. Also includes Galerella; see Ewer, 1973, The Carnivores, p. 405; Michaelis, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 106; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 122; Coetzee, 1977, Part 8: 26; Kingdon, 1977:185; but also see Rosevear, 1974:308; and Ansell, 1978:41. For review of Asiatic forms see Bechthold, 1939, Z. Saugetierk., 14: 133-225.

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