Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 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) .