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Ictonyx striatus  (Perry, 1810)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621938

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Striped Polecat [English]
  
    Zorilla [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyIctonychinae Pocock, 1922 – grisons, marbled polecat, striped polecats  
                                           GenusIctonyx Kaup, 1835 – striped polecats  
                                              SpeciesIctonyx striatus (Perry, 1810) – Striped Polecat, Zorilla  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus albescens Heller, 1913  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus arenarius Roberts, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus elgonis Granvik, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus erythreae de Winton, 1898  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus ghansiensis Roberts, 1932  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus giganteus Roberts, 1932  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus intermedius Anderson and de Winton, 1902  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus kalaharicus Roberts, 1932  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus lancasteri Roberts, 1932  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus limpopoensis Roberts, 1917  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus maximus Roberts, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus obscuratus de Beaux, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus orangiae Roberts, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus ovamboensis Roberts, 1951  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus pretoriae Roberts, 1924  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus senegalensis (J. B. Fischer, 1829)  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus shoae Thomas, 1906  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus shortridgei Roberts, 1932  
                                                 SubspeciesIctonyx striatus striatus (Perry, 1810)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kingdon, Jonathan, and Michael Hoffmann, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of Africa, vol. 5: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses   
  Page(s): 560   
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4081-22556   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus, Zorilla [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Larivière, Serge   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ictonyx striatus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 698   
  Page(s): 1-5   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/i282076 or http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html   
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus, Striped Polecat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Ictonyx striatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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