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 Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:236 . TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal . DISTRIBUTION: N. Arabia to S. China , and Hainan Isl. (SW) and Malay Peninsula. Introduced to the West Indies, Hawaiian Isis. ( U.S.A. ), and many other tropical regions. COMMENT: Includes palustris; see Ewer, 1973 , The Carnivores, p. 405; Michaelis, 1972 , Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 106; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972 , Saugetierk. Mitt., 20:121. Probably conspecific with javanicus ; see Bechthold, 1939 , Z. Saugetierk., 14: 147; but also see comment under javanicus . ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005027001001.