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    The short-tailed mongoose (Urva brachyura) is a mongoose species native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It inhabits evergreen forest and rural...
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    The white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda) is a species in the mongoose family Herpestidae. It is the only member of the genus Ichneumia. Herpestes...
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    The plural form is "mongooses", although "mongeese" is also used. Mongooses have long faces and bodies, small, rounded ears, short legs, and long, tapering...
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    common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose or the black-tailed mongoose, is a very common mongoose species native...
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    The ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans), locally still known as the ring-tailed mongoose, is a euplerid in the subfamily Galidiinae, a carnivoran native...
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    The bushy-tailed mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda) is a mammal in the family Herpestidae found in central Africa, from southern Kenya to central Mozambique...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian grey mongoose
    The Indian grey mongoose or Asian grey mongoose (Urva edwardsii) is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia. It is listed as...
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    The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean...
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    The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (Salanoia concolor) is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae...
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    a small mongoose found in southern Africa. It is characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout, long legs, a thin tapering tail, and a brindled...
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    similar, having long, slender bodies and tails with short legs and a black tail tip. Long-tailed weasels exhibit scale-dependent patterns of habitat selection...
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    white-tailed mongoose, which has a tail that is three-quarters white. The Selous's mongoose is also smaller and more slender than the white-tailed mongoose...
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    Stoat (redirect from Short-tailed stoat)
    the tail is relatively longer, always exceeding a third of the body length,[clarification needed] though it is shorter than that of the long-tailed weasel...
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  • Thumbnail for Liberian mongoose
    The Liberian mongoose (Liberiictis kuhni) is a mongoose species native to Liberia and Ivory Coast. It is the only member of the genus Liberiictis. Phylogenetic...
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  • Thumbnail for Meller's mongoose
    Meller's mongoose may be confused with the white-tailed mongoose; however, it is smaller and blacker overall than this species. Meller's mongoose ranges...
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    Ringtail (redirect from Ring-tailed cat)
    in California The species is known by a variety of names, such as ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle), though the...
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    mongoose. The common dwarf mongoose has soft fur ranging from yellowish red to very dark brown. It has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail,...
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    The Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) is a mongoose species native to the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic from Gambia to Nigeria. It is listed as Least...
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    The marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus), also called water mongoose is a medium-sized mongoose species native to sub-Saharan Africa that inhabits freshwater...
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    The stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) is a mongoose species native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka. English zoologist...
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    The yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat, is a member of the mongoose family. It averages about 0.45 kg (1 lb)...
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    to body length is 40–45 cm (16–18 in) with a 36 cm (14 in) long tail. The ruddy mongoose is mainly a forest-living animal and prefers more secluded areas...
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    Lion (category Articles with short description)
    has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male...
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    social structure. The banded mongoose is a sturdy mongoose with a large head, small ears, short, muscular limbs and a long tail, almost as long as the rest...
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  • Thumbnail for Javan mongoose
    The Javan mongoose (Urva javanica) is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia. Ichneumon javanicus was the scientific name proposed by Étienne Geoffroy...
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  • Thumbnail for Indian brown mongoose
    The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka...
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    Tiger (category Articles with short description)
    Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is traditionally classified...
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    Fisher (animal) (category Articles with short description)
    Head and body lengths for both sexes range from 47–75 cm (19–30 in); the tail adding a further 30–42 cm (12–17 in). The largest male fisher ever recorded...
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    Civet (category Articles with short description)
    the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like that of an otter, mongoose or even possibly a ferret. They range in length from about 43 to 71 cm...
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    interaction. The short-eared dog has short and slender limbs with short and rounded ears. It has a distinctive fox-like muzzle and bushy tail. Its paws are...
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