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 Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier, 1825 . In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 5(47), "le Mangue" 3 pp., 1 pl. TYPE SPECIES: Crossarchus obscurus F. G. Cuvier, 1825 , by original designation ( Melville and Smith, 1987 ). COMMENTS: Revised by Goldman (1984) . Placed in Mungos by Hill and Carter (1941) . Van Rompaey and Colyn (1992) presented a key to the species.