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 Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889) . J. Sei. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa , ser 12, 1:179 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Benguella", [ Angola ]. DISTRIBUTION: S Angola , C and N Namibia . SYNONYMS: annulatus Lundholm, 1955; nigratus Thomas, 1928; shortridgei Roberts, 1932. COMMENTS: Included in sanguinea by Taylor (1975) . The form flavescens was not mentioned in Meester et al. (1986) or Watson and Dippenaar's (1987) revision; Crawford-Cabral (1989a) considered nigratus conspecific with flavescens , the senior synonym. Meester et al. (1986) listed nigratus as a synonym of G. pulverulenta .