Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:236.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Arabia to S. China, and Hainan Isl. (SW) and Malay Peninsula. Introduced to the West Indies, Hawaiian Isis. (U.S.A.), and many other tropical regions.

COMMENT: Includes palustris; see Ewer, 1973, The Carnivores, p. 405; Michaelis, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 106; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20:121. Probably conspecific with javanicus; see Bechthold, 1939, Z. Saugetierk., 14: 147; but also see comment under javanicus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005027001001.