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SPECIES Herpestes ichneumon

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 43.
Common Name:Egyptian Mongoose
Type Locality:"in Ægypto ad ripas Nili, ...in India primario; mansuescit", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Egypt".
Distribution:Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guinea, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Lybia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
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SUBSPECIES ichneumon

SUBSPECIES angolensis

SUBSPECIES cafra

SUBSPECIES centralis

SUBSPECIES funestus

SUBSPECIES mababiensis

SUBSPECIES numidicus

SUBSPECIES parvidens

SUBSPECIES sabiensis

SUBSPECIES sangronizi

SUBSPECIES widdringtonii

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