Zorilla albinucha = Poecilogale albinucha
Date 1864
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (web)
Author Joseph Wolf (1820–1899)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZorillaAlbinuchaWolf.jpg
The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), the lone member of its genus, is a small, black and white weasel native to sub-Saharan Africa. African striped weasels inhabit much of Africa south of the equator. They are found from the Democratic Republic of the Congo across to Kenya in the north, and as far south as southern South Africa.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Poecilogale Thomas, 1883
Species: Poecilogale albinucha (Gray, 1864) |