- Nyumbani
- Poecilogale albinucha Gray, 1864
Poecilogale albinucha Gray, 1864
Order: Carnivora > Family: Mustelidae > Genus: Poecilogale > Species: Poecilogale albinucha Gray, 1864
Common Name: African Striped Weasel [English]
Type Description
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864:69, plate X.
Type Locality
'it was without any habitat'. Fixed by Coetzee (1977b) as 'Cape Colony'.
Measurements
Head and body: 250-360 mm
Tail length: 130-230 mm
Weight: 330-350 g
Tail length: 130-230 mm
Weight: 330-350 g
Description
The uninterupted white crown on the head distinguish this animal from the similar zorilla, which has a black stripe along the head.
Distribution
Poecilogale albinucha is distributed from the southern half of the Congo basin and Angola to Tanzania and Mozambique with an isolated area in the southern Cape in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana where it is found in uplands with excessive grasslands and in high velds. (Kingdon, 1989, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1989. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Carnivores). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 3A:78-85. 2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 231.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:704-705, 737-739.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:704-705, 737-739.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.