Somalian slender mongoose

Somalian slender mongoose
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. ochraceus
Binomial name
Herpestes ochraceus
Gray, 1848
Somalian slender mongoose range
Synonyms

Galerella ochracea

The Somalian slender mongoose (Herpestes ochraceus) is a small mammal found in Somalia and adjacent regions. It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lb) in weight.

It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.


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