Search :  

Actual Scientific name : French name English name
Aonyx capensis Loutre ŕ joues blanches  Cape Clawless Otter; Arfican Clawless Otter 
Ictonyx striatus Zorille commun  Striped Polecat; Zorilla 
Lutra maculicollis Loutre ŕ cou tacheté  Spotted-necked Otter 
Mellivora capensis Ratel  Honey Badger 
Poecilogale albinucha Poecilogale ŕ nuque blanche  African Striped Weasel; White-naped Weasel 



Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.



+  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Mammalia (Mammals) > Carnivora (Carnivores) > Mustelidae (otters, ratels, ...)
Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL