Subspecies and distribution. A. p. paludinosus Cuvier, 1829 — S South Africa. A. p. macrodon JA. Allen, 1924 — Central African Republic through Congo republics to Rwanda and Burundi. A. p. mutis Thomas, 1902 — Ethiopia. A. p. mordax Thomas, 1912 — S Tanzania. A. p. pluto Temminck, 1853 — Senegal to Nigeria. A. p. robustus Gray, 1865 — Chad and Sudan. A. p. rubellus Thomas & Wroughton, 1908 — Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. A. p. rubescens Hollister, 1912 — N Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. A. p. spadiceus Cabrera, 1921 — Cameroon to Gabon. A. p. transvaalensis Roberts, 1933 — N South Africa to Angola and Zambia. in Herpestidae

Subspecies and distribution. A. p. paludinosus Cuvier, 1829 — S South Africa. A. p. macrodon JA. Allen, 1924 — Central African Republic through Congo republics to Rwanda and Burundi. A. p. mutis Thomas, 1902 — Ethiopia. A. p. mordax Thomas, 1912 — S Tanzania. A. p. pluto Temminck, 1853 — Senegal to Nigeria. A. p. robustus Gray, 1865 — Chad and Sudan. A. p. rubellus Thomas & Wroughton, 1908 — Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. A. p. rubescens Hollister, 1912 — N Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. A. p. spadiceus Cabrera, 1921 — Cameroon to Gabon. A. p. transvaalensis Roberts, 1933 — N South Africa to Angola and Zambia.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 307, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.567663