1087 
#458 Atilax * [or Athylax Mangusta Mungos Viverra paludinosus 
(Cuvier, 1829, Regne anim., 2d ser., v. 1, 158 [Herpestes ^ ]) Pocock, 1916, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 349. Marsh mongoose, water mungoose, Bruin 
Kommetjegat-kat, Ivusi, Zwarte Muishond. Cape of Good Hope * ; south 
Africa north to equator. Syn. Athylax ° paludosus « » Gray, 1864, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London, no. 35, 557. 
Cloeoascaris <t476g. 
spinicollis. — Alimentary canal. — Tanganyika. 
Armillifer t796. 
'farmillatus. 
#458 Atilax ^^paludinosus robustus" (Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 
no. 35, 558 [Athylax « ]) . Cf . #458 Atilax galera rohusta. 
Haemaphysalis 1869. — Ext. 
\leachi. — Belgian Congo. — Host K 
#459 (458) . Toes 2 to 5 united, beyond margin of plantar pad, by web. See #460^. 
#460^ (460J5). Helogale Gray, 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 20, 308, 
tsd. (1900; 1904; 1919) 1st sp. parvula Sundeval, from Natal. — Lesser 
mungooses. Pm ^ suppressed, no diastema between upper canine and pm 2. 
Teeth 36: i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 2/2. Body small, slender. Head oval; skull 
short, broad, smooth; face short; a bare line runs from nose to upper lip; 
ears distant. Legs short, strong; feet broad; toes 5 on front foot, 5 on hind, 
heavily developed, inner toe small; claws strong, burrowing, front claws 
rather elongate, compressed, acute; soles of hind feet partly bald. TaU 
conical, short, thick, rounded at base, covered with elongate hairs. Anal 
glands 1 pair. Mozambique to Natal, Africa. 
#460^ Helogale brunnula Thomas & Schwann, 1906, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 
don, 581. Mashli. Klein Letaba*, Zoutpansberg, N. E. Transvaal. 
SARCOSPORIDIA f 149. —Striated muscles. 
[species Viljoen, 1921: Sarkosporidien. — S.Africa,] 
#460^ Helogale varia Thomas, 1902, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 119. N. 
Nyasaland. 
Haemaphysalis t869. — Ext. 
-\leachi. — Rhodesia. 
#460jB (460^1). Pm ^ present or absent; if absent a diastema is present between 
upper canine and pm ^ ; teeth 40 or 36. See #461. 
#461 (463) . Soles hairy (furred) ; toes 5-5 ; teeth 40. See #462. 
#462 (462a 36). lehneumia Geoffr., 1837, Ann. Sci. nat., Paris, ser. 2, Zool., 
V. 8, Oct., 251; 1837, C. r. Acad. Sci., Paris, v. 5 (17), post Oct. 23, 580; 
tsd. (1839 Lasiopus ^ renamed; 1919) 1st sp. albicauda Cuvier, E. Africa, 
Senegal. — Soles hairy; toes 3 and 4 webbed. Teeth 40; dentition heavy, 
especially pm * and all molars; last lower molar cuspidate; frontal region 
elevated, expanded; tail short, thick. Philtrum present. Syn. Lasiopus ^ 
Geoff., 1835, in Gervais' Resume Mamm., v. 1, 37, mt. albicauda [nv] [not 
Lasiopus Dejean, 1833, coleopt.]. 
as #462a (462). Xenogale Allen, 1919, J. Mamm., v. 1 (1), Nov., 26-27, mt. tod. microdon.— Soles and 
palms furred; teeth 40. Skull short, broad, especially postpalatal region; postorbital constriction deep and 
close behind postorbital process; brain case short. Tail short, thick. Belgian Congo, Africa. 
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