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Through Africa
Most members have a mask-like bar or larger dark marking across their faces; the African representatives of the group are striped. A defense mechanism common to the group is use of a chemical spray similar to (but not necessarily as strong as) that of skunks.
Species
Subfamily Ictonychinae
Fossil genera
- Baranogale
- Cernictis
- Eirictis
- Enhydrictis
- Martellictis
- Lutravus
- Oriensictis
- Pannonictis
- Propoecilogale
- Sminthosinis
- Stipanicicia
- Trigonictis
- Trochictis
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