Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) . Die Säugethiere, 3(18):pl. 125 (1776); text, 3(26):450[1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung" [South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope) .

DISTRIBUTION: Savanna and steppe from Nepal, E India and Turkmenistan west to Lebanon, south of the Mediterranean to South Africa.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana and Botswana).

SYNONYMS: abyssinica Hollister, 1910; brockmani Wroughton and Cheesman, 1920; buchanani Thomas, 1925; concisa Thomas and Wroughton, 1907; cottoni Lydekker, 1906; inauritus Hodgson, 1836; indicus Kerr, 1792; leuconota Sclater, 1867; maxwelli Thomas, 1923; mellivorus Cuvier, 1798; pumilio Pocock, 1946; ratei Sparrmann, 1778; ratelus Fraser, 1862; sagulata Hollister, 1910; signata Pocock, 1909; typicus Smith, 1833; vernayi Roberts, 1932; wilsoni Cheesman, 1920 .