The banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and...
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A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family has two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae...
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Meerkat (category Mongooses of Sub-Saharan Africa)
(kusimanse), Helogale (dwarf mongoose), Liberiictis (Liberian mongoose) and Mungos (banded mongoose). The solitary mongoose lineage comprises two clades...
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related to other small, social mongooses and that the banded mongoose is its closest relative. The Liberian mongoose has a primarily dark brown body...
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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 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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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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these properties through convergent evolution, including members of the mongoose, civet, weasel, cat, and bear families.) The coati snout is long and somewhat...
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Half-uncle/niece or half-aunt/nephew → 6.25% (1⁄16) First cousins → 6.25% (1⁄16) Banded mongoose females regularly mate with their fathers and brothers. Bed bugs: North...
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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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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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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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of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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List of herpestids (redirect from List of mongooses)
in the order Carnivora, composed of the mongooses and the meerkat. A member of this family is called a mongoose or a herpestid. They are widespread primarily...
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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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muscular limbs, and a tail nearly as long as the rest of the body. It has a mongoose-like head, relatively longer than that of a cat, although with a muzzle...
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unusual among mustelids, is eversible, a trait shared with hyenas and mongooses. The honey badger is a solitary animal that can be active at any time...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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The common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) is a mongoose species native to Angola, northern Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Zambia and East...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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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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small, but markings on the back, cheeks, and flanks are open or closed bands and stripes. A few dark stripes run straight from the back of the neck up...
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suricatta) Liberian mongoose (Liberiictus kuhni) Mungos Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded mongoose (M. mungo) Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)...
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The Malagasy civet was to be placed in the subfamily Hemigalinae with the banded palm civets and then in its own subfamily, Fossinae, because of similarities...
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The narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) is a member of the family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar. It inhabits the western Madagascar succulent...
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