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 Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) . Die Säugethiere, 3(18):pl. 125 (1776); text, 3(26):450[1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung" [ South Africa , Cape Prov. , Cape of Good Hope) . DISTRIBUTION: Savanna and steppe from Nepal , E India and Turkmenistan west to Lebanon , south of the Mediterranean to South Africa . STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Ghana and Botswana ). SYNONYMS: abyssinica Hollister, 1910 ; brockmani Wroughton and Cheesman, 1920 ; buchanani Thomas, 1925 ; concisa Thomas and Wroughton, 1907; cottoni Lydekker, 1906; inauritus Hodgson, 1836 ; indicus Kerr, 1792 ; leuconota Sclater, 1867 ; maxwelli Thomas, 1923; mellivorus Cuvier, 1798 ; pumilio Pocock, 1946; ratei Sparrmann, 1778; ratelus Fraser, 1862 ; sagulata Hollister, 1910 ; signata Pocock, 1909; typicus Smith, 1833 ; vernayi Roberts, 1932; wilsoni Cheesman, 1920 .