Paracynictis selousi

(de Winton, 1896)

Selous's Mongoose

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Location:South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game ReserveDate taken:15 July 2009

Distribution :

Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2639

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Paracynictis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1896-12-01. On a new mongoose from Matabeleland, British South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(108):469.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628656

Original name as described

Cynictis Selousi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.4.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4358c7b9-1a36-4f8d-a978-edfcee1618ae

Type locality

Essex Vale, Matabeleland, near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Botswana · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006048

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Cynictis Selousi

de Winton, 1896

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.4.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Essex Vale, Matabeleland · Essex Vale, near Bulawayo

Type locality

Zimbabwe.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4358c7b9-1a36-4f8d-a978-edfcee1618ae

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628656

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas & Schwann (1906:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27129)

[Paracynictis] selousi:

Pocock, 1916

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612343

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Pocock (1916:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19795)
Shortridge (1934:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Coetzee (1971:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Corbet & Hill (1980:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41622/45209173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paracynictis sengaani

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sengaani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6081

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Maputa, North Zululand

Type locality

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal.

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Allen (1939:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paracynictis selousi bechuanae

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

bechuanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG 1627

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tsessebe Siding, Tati District, Bechuanaland

Type locality

Botswana.

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Coetzee (1971:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Paracynictis selousi ngamiensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

ngamiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6536

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

30 miles north-west of Maun, Ngamiland

Type locality

Botswana.

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Coetzee (1971:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Paracynictis selousi selousi:

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
Allen (1939:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Coetzee (1971:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Paracynictis selousi sengaani:

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Herpestidae

Root name

sengaani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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