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 Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin , 1852:81 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Africa orient., Tette, Boror, 17-18° Lat. austr". (pg. 82). Restricted by Moreau et al. (1946:410) to "Tette" [ Mozambique ] . DISTRIBUTION: Kenya , Malawi , C Mozambique , Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar ), S and E Zambia , NE Zimbabwe . STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as B. c. omnivora . SYNONYMS: omnivora Heller, 1913 ; puisa Peters, 1852 ; tenuis Thomas and Wroughton, 1908 . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Taylor (1987 , Mammalian Species, 294) and revised by Sale and Taylor (1970) .