The short-tailed mongoose (Urva brachyura) is a mongoose species native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It inhabits evergreen forest and rural...
2 KB (210 words) - 06:00, 4 March 2024
The white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda) is a species in the mongoose family Herpestidae. It is the only member of the genus Ichneumia. Herpestes...
10 KB (1,256 words) - 17:26, 23 March 2025
The plural form is "mongooses", although "mongeese" is also used. Mongooses have long faces and bodies, small, rounded ears, short legs, and long, tapering...
39 KB (2,753 words) - 18:10, 17 June 2025
common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose or the black-tailed mongoose, is a very common mongoose species native...
6 KB (718 words) - 09:29, 30 April 2025
The ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans), locally still known as the ring-tailed mongoose, is a euplerid in the subfamily Galidiinae, a carnivoran native...
5 KB (461 words) - 16:12, 28 May 2025
The bushy-tailed mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda) is a mammal in the family Herpestidae found in central Africa, from southern Kenya to central Mozambique...
5 KB (504 words) - 13:38, 28 March 2025
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...
17 KB (1,636 words) - 15:37, 12 June 2025
The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean...
20 KB (2,124 words) - 21:17, 7 June 2025
The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (Salanoia concolor) is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae...
6 KB (654 words) - 19:01, 15 March 2025
Meerkat (redirect from Slender-tailed Meerkat)
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...
59 KB (6,632 words) - 13:19, 24 May 2025
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...
29 KB (2,874 words) - 22:22, 24 May 2025
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...
6 KB (631 words) - 14:31, 14 September 2023
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...
48 KB (5,014 words) - 21:17, 19 June 2025
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...
7 KB (974 words) - 23:22, 26 September 2024
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...
7 KB (761 words) - 01:55, 3 January 2024
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...
17 KB (1,853 words) - 15:55, 28 June 2025
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,...
7 KB (774 words) - 04:24, 28 September 2024
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...
4 KB (504 words) - 14:27, 14 September 2023
The marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus), also called water mongoose is a medium-sized mongoose species native to sub-Saharan Africa that inhabits freshwater...
14 KB (1,597 words) - 19:43, 11 March 2025
The stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) is a mongoose species native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka. English zoologist...
5 KB (550 words) - 13:49, 4 May 2025
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)...
8 KB (929 words) - 20:20, 9 June 2025
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...
4 KB (383 words) - 12:35, 21 March 2025
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...
147 KB (16,065 words) - 21:48, 18 June 2025
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...
19 KB (2,126 words) - 01:48, 24 May 2025
The Javan mongoose (Urva javanica) is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia. Ichneumon javanicus was the scientific name proposed by Étienne Geoffroy...
11 KB (1,149 words) - 06:56, 14 December 2024
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...
6 KB (621 words) - 07:40, 28 May 2025
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...
150 KB (16,527 words) - 01:12, 22 June 2025
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...
53 KB (5,941 words) - 21:40, 2 June 2025
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...
15 KB (1,601 words) - 23:41, 23 May 2025
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...
13 KB (1,230 words) - 10:48, 8 June 2025