Galerella
| Galerella[1] | |
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| A slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) in Etosha National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Galerella Gray, 1864 |
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| Galerella ranges | |
Galerella is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae) native to Africa and commonly called the slender mongooses.[1]
There are four or five species in this genus, with more than 30 subspecies.
Four of the species have long been established:[1]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
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Angolan slender mongoose G. flavescens | Angola and Namibia |
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Somalian slender mongoose G. ochracea | Somalia |
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Cape gray mongoose G. pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839)[2] | South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia |
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Slender mongoose Galerella sanguinea | sub-Saharan Africa |
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Black mongoose G. nigrata | Angola and Namibia |
A recent addition is the black mongoose G. nigrata, which now is considered a separate species by many scientists, following genetic analysis. It was previously seen as a variant of Galerella sanguinea.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Galerella". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wagner, J.A. (1839). "Über die Verwandtschafts-Verhältnisse der Pharaonsratte". Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München. 9 (183): 425–429.
- ^ Tromp, S. (2007). "Introducing the black mongoose" (PDF). University of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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