Atilax paludinosus G. Cuvier 1829

Atilax paludinosus G. Cuvier 1829, Regn. Anim., Nouv. ed., Vol. 1: 158.

Type Locality: "une grand des marais du Cap" [South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].

Vernacular Names: Marsh Mongoose.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. paludinosus G. Cuvier 1829

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. macrodon J. A. Allen 1924

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. mitis Thomas 1903

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. mordax Thomas 1912

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. nigerianus Thomas 1912

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. pluto Temminck 1853

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. robustus Gray 1865

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. rubellus Thomas and Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. rubescens Hollister 1912

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. spadiceus Cabrera 1921

Subspecies Atilax paludinosus subsp. transvaalensis Roberts 1933

Distribution: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Ruwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Baker (1992).