Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Ictonyx libyca (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833) . Symb. Phys. Mamm., vol. 1, pt. 2 , sig. K, verso. TYPE LOCALITY: "Libyae" [ Libya ]. DISTRIBUTION: Fringes of the Sahara Desert from Morocco and Egypt on the north, and from Mauretania and N Nigeria to Sudan on the south. SYNONYMS: frenata Sundevall, 1843 ; multivittata Wagner, 1841 ; oralis Thomas and Hinton, 1920 ; rothschildi Thomas and Hinton, 1920 ; vaillantii Loche, 1856 .