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 Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 18:174 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Nalbani (c 8 km east of Calcutta), North Salt Lake, 24-Parganas district, West Bengal , India " . DISTRIBUTION: India : West Bengal . COMMENTS: Wenzel and Haltenorth (1972) speculated that this taxon may be conspecific with auropunctatus (= javanicus ); whereas Ewer (1973) , based on Ghose's observation that palustris can emit scent similiar to urva speculated on such a relationship to urva .