Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) . Saugethiere, pl. 125, text 1777, 3:450 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Cape Prov. , Cape of Good Hope . DISTRIBUTION: Savanna and steppe from Nepal , E. India , and Turkmenia ( U.S. S. R.) west to the Mediterranean, south to South Africa . PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Ghana and Botswana ). ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004011001001.