Atilax Explained

Atilax is a genus of mongoose containing a single living species, the marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus). A single fossil species probably ancestral to the marsh mongoose is also known from South Africa.[1]

The generic name Atilax was introduced in 1826 by Frédéric Cuvier.[2]

They are solitary, nocturnal, and semi-aquatic mammals that inhabits wetlands and feeds on fish, crustaceans, frogs, and small mammals.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brain . C.K. . The Hunters Or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy . 1983 . University of Chicago Press . 166.
  2. Book: Cuvier, F. G. . 1826 . Vansire . Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'aprèsdes animaux vivans. Tome 5 . E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire . F. G. Cuvier . A. Belin . Paris . LIV . https://archive.org/details/HistoirenaturelVGeof/page/n223.
  3. Ray . Justina . September 1997 . Comparative ecology of two African forest mongooses, Herpestes naso and Atilax paludinosus . African Journal of Ecology . en . 35 . 3 . 237–253 . 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.086-89086.x. 1997AfJEc..35..237R .

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