Atilax

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]

Atilax Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Subfamily:	Herpestinae
Genus:	Atilax F. Cuvier, 1826
Species
Atilax paludinosus †Atilax mesotes

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]