Flat-headed Kusimanse

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Flat-headed Kusimanse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Crossarchus
Species: C. platycephalus
Binomial name
Crossarchus platycephalus
Goldman, 1984

The Flat-headed Kusimanse (Crossarchus platycephalus) is a dwarf mongoose endemic to Benin, Cameroon, and Nigeria. This species was once regarded as a subspecies of the Common Kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mustelid Specialist Group (1996). Crossarchus platycephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.