PLATE XII. CARNIVORA
GALET - Cryptoprocta ferox = fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
ICHNEUMON - Herpestes Ichneumon = Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
HEMIGALE - Hemigale Hardwickii = banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus)
CIVITT - CIVET - Viverra civetta = African civet (Civettictis civetta)
ZIBETH - Viverra zibetha = large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha)
PALE GENET - Genetta senegalensis = common genet (Genetta genetta senegalensis)
ZENICK - Suricata zenick = meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Johnson's household book of nature, containing full and interesting descriptions of the animal kingdom, based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others.
Date 1880
BHL Page URL http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39741971
Author Hugh Craig, ed.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson%27s_household_book_of_nature_(Plate_XII)_(7268635822).jpg

The Egyptian mongoose or the ichneumon (Herpestes ichneumon) is a species of mongoose. The Egyptian mongooses can be found in Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Palestine, and most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for central Democratic Republic of the Congo, western South Africa, and Namibia.