Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Helogale parvula (Sundevall 1846) [Herpestes] parvulus Sundevall 1846 , Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm , Vol. 3, 4: 121 . Type Locality: "Caffraria superiore, juxta tropicum", restricted by Roberts (1951) to "Zoutpansberg" [ South Africa ]. Vernacular Names: Common Dwarf Mongoose . Subspecies: : Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. parvula Sundevall 1846 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. ivori Thomas 1919 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. mimetra Thomas 1926 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. nero Thomas 1928 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. ruficeps Kershaw 1922 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. undulatus Peters 1852 Subspecies Helogale parvula subsp. varia Thomas 1902 Distribution: Angola , Botswana , Dem. Rep. Congo , Ethiopia , Gambia , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).