Family Herpestidae

REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG); H. J. Stains (HJS); W. C. Wozencraft (WCW).

COMMENT: Includes Herpestinae Gill, 1872 (=Mungotidae Pocock, 1916) and Galidiinae Gill, 1872 (=Galidiina Gray, 1865); see Pocock, 1916, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1916:349; Gregory and Hellman, 1939, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 81 (3):309-392; Wurster and Benirschke, 1968, Chromosoma, 24:336-382; Radinsky, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:130- 150; Wemmer, 1977, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 239:2; Thenius, 1972, Grund. Verbreitierk. Sauget., pp. 223-224.