Somalian slender mongoose
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Somalian slender mongoose[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
Genus: | Galerella |
Species: | G. ochracea |
Binomial name | |
Galerella ochracea | |
Somalian slender mongoose range | |
The Somalian slender mongoose (Galerella ochracea) is a mongoose endemic to Somalia.[1] It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs) in weight.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Kingdon, Jonathan et al; Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6 pp303
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