Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839

(Figs 62; 63)

Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839: 426 .

COMMON NAME. — Cape Gray Mongoose.

CURRENT NAME. — Galerella pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) .

See Wozencraft (2005: 565) and Gilchrist et al. (2009: 316).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donation to François Péron. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1962-1113 (Figs 62; 63), non-type skull and skin. Two specimens were traded at Cape Town and taken back to Paris alive aboard Le Geographe (Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 277-278).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 563.

COMMENTS. — According to the catalog of Galleries for skin mounts/naturalizations (Nouv. Cat. Gal.), would have lived at the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.