Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) . Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, 1846, 3(4):121 [1847].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Caffraria superiore, juxta tropicum", restricted by Roberts (1951) to "Zoutpansberg" [South Africa].

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia.

SYNONYMS: affinis Hollister, 1916; atkinsoni Thomas, 1897; bradfieldi Roberts, 1928; brunetta Thomas, 1926; brunnula Thomas and Schwann, 1906; ivori Thomas, 1919; macmillani Thomas, 1906; mimetra Thomas, 1926; nero Thomas, 1928; ochracea Thomas, 1910; parvus Hollister, 1912; ruficeps Kershaw, 1922; rufula Thomas, 1910; undulatus Peters, 1852; varia Thomas, 1902; vetula Thomas, 1911; victorina Thomas, 1902.