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 Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) . Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:84 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Asia." DISTRIBUTION: South Africa , N. to Sudan and W. to Niger and Gambia (PG), excluding Congo . COMMENT: Gmelin, 1788, gave the type locality as Asia but Ogilby, 1835 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835:101, restricted it to Gambia . Thomas, 1882 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882:90, believed it to be in the eastern part of South Africa , Cape Prov. , as did Roberts, 1929 , Ann. Transvaal Mus., 13: 84, and Allen, 1924 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 47: 155-156 (WCW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005030002001.