Egyptian Mongoose

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Egyptian Mongoose

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Herpestes
Species: H. ichneumon
Binomial name
Herpestes ichneumon
Linnaeus, 1758

The Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) is found in Africa and Spain, quite commonly in Sudan. It has recently been discovered as being a reservoir host for Visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan. Bushdi