Herpestes naso De Winton, 1901 . Bull. Liverpool Mus., 3: 35.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroun, Cameroun River .

DISTRIBUTION: S.E. Nigeria to Gabon and Zaire.

COMMENT: Includes Xenogale naso; see Allen, 1919, J. Mammal., 1:26-28; but see also Rosevear, 1974:329. Includes microdon; see Hayman, 1940, in Sanderson, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 24:623-725, and Coetzee, 1977, Part 8: 26.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005027010001.