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#538 Mellivora* [or Melivora'^] ratel (Sparrman, 1777, K. Vet. Akad. Handl., 
Stockholm, v. 38, 147, pi. 4, fig. 3 [Viverra i]) Gray, 1843, List Mamm. Coll. 
Brit, Mus., 68. Ratel, Honey-Ratel, Icelesi, Sisele, Indundundwana, 
Insele. Africa (from Cape* to French Congo and Nubia). So. #538 
Mellivora capensis, q. v. 
#53d (537). iCTONYCHiNAE Pocock, 1922, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 4, no. 55, 
Jan., 835. — Periotic hollow larger, extending to tip of mastoid, which, like 
the paroccipital, is close to the bulla; the latter pointed in front and fused 
with hamular; palatine foramina on maxilla; lower carnassial with high acute 
metaconid; last lower molar retained; upper molar without wide cingulum. 
Ears with large pinna. Feet narrow; claws long; digits widely separable; 
pads small, carpals separated from plantar pad; metatarsal absent. Cir- 
cumanal integument unmodified. See #540. Syn. zorillinae Gill, 1872a, 
Arrangement Fam. Mamm., Smiths. Misc. Coll. no. 230, 6, 66. 
#540 (541). Ictonyx^s Kaup, 1835, Thierreich, v. 1, 352, mt. capensis Kaup so. 
(tsd. 1904) zorilla Erxl., tsd. (1900) striata. — African striped-zorillas, striped 
zorilles, striped muishond, Bandiltiss, Kralleniltisse, Zorillen. Teeth 34 
(i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 1/2); upper molars smaller than carnassial and 
narrow from before backwards; lower carnassial with small narrow talon and 
distinct inner cusp. Form mungoose-like with pointed snout. Legs short; 
fore feet large and broad, with 5 stout, nearly straight, blunt, and nonretrac- 
tile claws, of which I and V are considerably shorter than II to IV. Tail 
moderate, with longer hairs toward the end, giving it a bushy appearance. 
Hairs generally long and loose. Africa. 
#540 Ictonyx [or Zorilla'^] capensis^ Kaup, 1835, Thierreich, v. 1, 353. Cape 
Polecat, Stink cat. Stink Muishond, striped Muishond, Capische zorille, 
Iqaqa. Cape of Good Hope to Senegal, Africa. So. #540 Ictonyx zorilla. 
Cf . also #538 Mellivora capensis for possible confusion in records of parasites. 
#540 Ictonyx [or Zorilla^'] libyca Hempr. & Ehrenb., '4832," Symb. Phys. 
Mamm., 2. Libyan Zorille. Libya *; Asia Minor; N. Africa. 
Myoxopsylla <tl626.— Ext. 
[copulabilis ^. — Tunisia *.] 
Synosternus <tl634.— Ext. 
cleopatrae. — Algeria. 
Trichodectes fl 100.— Ext. 
zorillae. — Tunisia. 
Hartertia 47062. 
zorillae. — Algeria — Subcutaneous. 
Seuratum <459i. — Intest. 
tacapense. 
Spirura 468e. 
gastrophila ^ — E sophagus . — N. 
Africa. 
#540 [Ictonyx] [or Zorilla °] mustelina ° Wagner in Schreb., 1841, Saugth., 
SuppL, V. 2, 219, pi. 133^ [Rhabdogale], renaming of zorilla. Der Bandil- 
tiss. So. #540 Ictonyx zorilla, q. y. 
#540 Ictonyx [or Zorilla''] striata^ (Shaw, 1800, Gen. Zool., Mamm., v. 1 (2), 
387 [Viverra i]) Layard, 1861, Cat. Mamm. S. Afr. Mus., 28 [nv]. The 
Striped Muishond, Stink or Getrepte Muishond, Iqaqa. C. and S. Africa 
from Benguela, Uganda, and Mozambique southward. So. #540 Ictonyx 
zorilla. 
»8 Syns.: Ictidonyx <> <> Agassiz, 1846a, Nomenclator Zool., Index Univ., 194; 
Ozolidiso Gloger, 1842, Hand.-u. Hilfs. Naturg., v. 1, pp. xxix, 74-75, new name for Ictonyx; 
Rabdogale « Pomel, 1854, Cat. m6th. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, Paris, 47; 
Rhabdogale Wiegmann, 1838, Arch. Naturg., v. 1, 278-279, footnote, based on "Die Zorillen 
Afrika's." 
Zorilla o Oken, 1816, Lehrb. Naturg., 3 Th., Zool., 2 Abth., pp. xi, 1000, tsd. (1904) zorilla Erxl.; 
tsd. (1900) striata. 
