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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Herpestidae
--> GENUS Mungos
SPECIES Mungos mungo
| Author: | Gmelin, 1788. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 84. | | Common Name: | Banded Mongoose | | Type Locality: | "Bengala, Persia, aliisque asiae", restricted by Ogilby (1835:101) to "Gambia". However, Thomas (1882) believed it to be in the eastern part of South Africa, [former] Cape Prov., as did Roberts (1929). | | Distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
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