Poecilictis libyca (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833) . Symb. Phys. Mamm., 2, sig. K.
TYPE LOCALITY: Libya .
DISTRIBUTION: Fringes of the Sahara Desert from Morocco and Egypt on the north, and from Mauretania and N. Nigeria to Sudan on the south.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004008001001.