Herpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy, 1818) . Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2: 138.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, West Java .

DISTRIBUTION: Java; Malay Peninsula; Thailand; Kampuchea; C. Vietnam.

COMMENT: May include auropunctatus; see Bechthold, 1939, Z. Saugetierk., 14: 147; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 121; Michaelis, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 106; but also see Ewer, 1973, The Carnivores, p. 405; and Hinton and Dunn, 1967, The Mongooses, who considered auropunctatus a distinct species (WCW).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005027009001.