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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 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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    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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  • 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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    species of mongoose, although its linear and body mass parameters broadly overlap with other larger mongoose species, in particular, the marsh mongoose seems...
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  • Thumbnail for Ruddy mongoose
    The ruddy mongoose (Urva smithii) is a mongoose species native to hill forests in India and Sri Lanka. Its head to body length is 40–45 cm (16–18 in)...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Common dwarf mongoose
    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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  • Thumbnail for Banded mongoose
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Binturong
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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  • Thumbnail for Dog
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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    Meerkat (category Mongooses of Sub-Saharan Africa)
    The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa. It is characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout...
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  • Thumbnail for Yellow mongoose
    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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  • Thumbnail for Egyptian mongoose
    The Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), also known as ichneumon (/ɪkˈnjuːmən/), is a mongoose species native to the tropical and subtropical grasslands...
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  • Thumbnail for Coati
    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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  • Thumbnail for Otter
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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    Atilax (category Mongooses)
    of mongoose containing a single living species, the marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus). A single fossil species probably ancestral to the marsh mongoose...
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  • The Mongoose is an upcoming action thriller film written by Thompson Evans, directed by Mark Vanselow and starring Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Fisher (animal)
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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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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  • 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 Wolverine
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese raccoon dog
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Polecat
    Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) Urva (Asian mongooses) Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose...
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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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