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 Otocyon megalotis subsp. megalotis Desmarest 1822 Otocyon megalotis subsp. megalotis Desmarest 1822 , Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., 2 (Suppl.): 538 . Type Locality: "le Cap de Bonne-Espérance" [ South Africa , Western Cape Prov. , Cape of Good Hope]. Synonyms: Otocyon megalotis subsp. auritus (C. E. H. Smith 1840) ; Otocyon megalotis subsp. caffer Müller 1836 ; Otocyon megalotis subsp. lalandi (Desmoulins 1823) ; Otocyon megalotis subsp. steinhardti Zukowsky 1924 .