Herpestes
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| Herpestes Temporal range: Oligocene to present
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| Herpestes edwardsii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Herpestes Illiger, 1811
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| Species | |
Herpestes is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It is the type genus of the family. It contains the following ten species, with a number of subspecies, and one extinct species:[1]
Species[edit]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Herpestes brachyurus | Short-tailed mongoose | Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippine islands Palawan and Busuanga | |
| Herpestes edwardsi | Indian gray mongoose | West Asia and on the Indian subcontinent | |
| Herpestes fuscus | Indian brown mongoose | southern Western Ghats. | |
| Herpestes ichneumon | Egyptian mongoose | Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Palestine, and most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and arid regions of southern Africa. | |
| Herpestes javanicus | Small Asian mongoose | South and Southeast Asia. | |
| Herpestes naso | Long-nosed mongoose | Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Niger, and Tanzania | |
| Herpestes semitorquatus | Collared mongoose | Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. | |
| Herpestes smithii | Ruddy mongoose | peninsular India and Sri Lanka. | |
| Herpestes urva | Crab-eating mongoose | northeastern Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan | |
| Herpestes vitticollis | Stripe-necked mongoose | southern India to Sri Lanka. |
- † Herpestes lemanensis (†=extinct)
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). "Herpestes". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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