1086 
#456 Crossarchus * obscurus Cuv. in Geoffr. & Cuv., 1825, Hist. nat. Mamm., 
V. 3 (47), Feb., 3. Braune Riisselmanguste, Cusimanse, Kusimanse. West 
Africa (Cameroon, Congo). 
Agamospirura 1457. — Intest. 
liber iae. — Liberia — T. h. 
Armillifer t796. 
\armillatus. — Africa *. 
Haemaphysalis t869. — Ext. 
\leachi. — Ears, eyelids, face. — Liberia. 
#456 Crossarchus ^ [fasciatus °] senescens Thomas & Wroughton, 1907, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, 291. So. #455 [Mungos mungo] senescens, q. v. 
#457 (453). Philtrum present. This is practically Herpestes ^ of Thomas, 1882, 
with many synonyms, Pocock (1919) suspects "this genus will prove to be 
divisible into three or more genera when better known"; Allen (1924) divides 
Herpestes into six genera, but it is somewhat difficult to separate these 
clearly into a key. Furthermore, Allen mentions the fact that some of his 
"uniform" characters have exceptions. See #458. 
#458 (459). Atilax Cuv. in Geoffr. & Cuv., 1826, Hist. nat. Mamm., v. 3 (54), 
June, 2, tod. vansire= (tsd. 1882; 1900; 1904) galera Schreb. = (tsd. 1918; 
1919; 1924) paludinosus Cuv. — Marsh mongoose, water mungooses. Toes 
5 on front feet, 5 on hind feet; digits 2 to 5 entirely free (unwebbed), 
separated down to plantar pad; palmar and plantar surfaces naked. Brain- 
case very broad; rostrum short; teeth and jaws massive; premolars 3/3; 
molars large. Glandular anal sac well developed. Pelage soft, thick, long. 
Syn. Athylax ^ B]ainville, 1837, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, 2d ser., ZooL, v. 8, 
272, 278, "vansire", Africa. 
#458 Atilax * [or Athylax, Herpestes \ Ichneumon ^, Mangusta \ Viverra 
(Athylax, Herpestes 0 galera (ErxL, 1777, Syst. Regni Anim., v. 1, 453 
[Mustela • ]) Thomas, 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 4, 63. Rufous 
mungoose, water mungoose. Bruin Kommetjegat-kat, dunkle Manguste, 
Ivuzi, Zwarte Muishond. W. & S. Africa. 
Fide Pocock (1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, v. 16, Aug., 123-124) and 
AUen (1924, Bui. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., v. 47, Apr. 11, 166), galera is 
unidentifiable; it is not identical with the vansire of Cuvier so. paludinosus 
Cuvier type of Atilax. 
Syns.: Herpestes ^ calera ^ "Erxl." Bedier, 1924, C. r. Soc. Biol., v. 90 
(6), 415; galea 
Babesia tl73. — Blood. 
legeri. — Paris *, France from Af- 
rica.— T. h. 
Cotugnia t305&. — Intest. 
pluriuncinata. — Dahomej^ W. Af- 
rica.— T. h. 
Eaillietina (Raillietina) t305fc. — Intest. 
africana. — Dahomey *, W. Africa. — 
T. h. 
pintneri. — Dahomey, W. Africa. 
Felicola < tl099.— Ext. 
acutirostris. — Pemba Africa. — T. h. 
rammei. — Amani ^ German E. Af- 
rica. — T. h. 
#458 Atilax [or Herpestes i] (Herpestes ^) galera robusta (Gray, 1864, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, no. 35, 558 [Athylax ^ ]) Thomas, 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, no. 5, 72. E. Africa (White Nile * ) . 
Ctenocephalides tl639. — Ext. 
teams. — Kibonoto, Africa. 
