Namaqua slender mongoose

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Namaqua slender mongoose[1]
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Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)[2]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. sanguineus
Subspecies:
H. s. swalius
Trinomial name
Herpestes sanguineus swalius
Thomas, 1926

The Namaqua slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus swalius), also known as the Namibian slender mongoose, is a subspecies of the common slender mongoose.[1] It is endemic to Namibia.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Mustelid Specialist Group (1996). "Galerella swalius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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