Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier, 1825 . In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 5(47), "le Mangue" 3 pp., 1 pl.

TYPE SPECIES: Crossarchus obscurus F. G. Cuvier, 1825, by original designation (Melville and Smith, 1987).

COMMENTS: Revised by Goldman (1984). Placed in Mungos by Hill and Carter (1941). Van Rompaey and Colyn (1992) presented a key to the species.