Distribution. Iberian Peninsula, N Africa, and the Middle East in S Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel; in Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia to E Africa in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya and then S to Gabon, Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana, N Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. Occurrence in Europe (Portugal and Spain) likely due to introduction from North Africa. in Herpestidae

Distribution. Iberian Peninsula, N Africa, and the Middle East in S Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel; in Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia to E Africa in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya and then S to Gabon, Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana, N Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. Occurrence in Europe (Portugal and Spain) likely due to introduction from North Africa.Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Herpestidae, pp. 262-328 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 310, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.567663