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 Ichneumia albicauda (G. Cuvier 1829) [Herpestes] albicauda G. Cuvier 1829 , Regn. Anim., Nouv. 2nd ed., Vol. 1: 158 . Type Locality: "l'Afrique australe et le Sénégal ". Vernacular Names: White-tailed Mongoose . Subspecies: : Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. albicauda G. Cuvier 1829 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. dialeucos Hollister 1916 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. grandis Thomas 1890 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. haagneri Roberts 1924 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. ibeanus Thomas 1904 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. loandae Thomas 1904 Subspecies Ichneumia albicauda subsp. loempo Temminck 1853 Distribution: Angola , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Central African Republic , Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo , Ghana , Kenya , Kenya , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Oman , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Yemen , Zambia , Zimbabwe . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Reviewed by Taylor (1972) .