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Taxon: Species Ictonyx libyca (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Saharan striped polecat (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: 29o;11f;21g; ‡1f
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Count: 28o;9f;21g; ‡1f
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Count: [**] 15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
      Count: [**] 9f;71g;161s;766ss; ‡1g;4s;2ss; †1s
         Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
        Count: [**] 22g;58s;367ss; ‡1s
           Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788 - weasels
          Count: [**] 15g;45s;330ss; ‡1s
             Genus Ictonyx Kaup, 1835 - zorilla
            Count: [*] 2s;23ss
               Ictonyx libyca (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Saharan striped polecat
              Count: [*] 4ss
                 1 [Ictonyx libyca libyca] (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
                Count: -
                 2 Ictonyx libyca multivittata (Wagner, 1841)
                Count: -
                 3 Ictonyx libyca oralis (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)
                Count: -
                 4 Ictonyx libyca rothschildi (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)
                Count: -

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