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SPECIES Rhynchogale melleri

Author:Gray, 1864.
Actual Date:1865
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864: 575.
Common Name:Meller’s Mongoose
Type Locality:"from a ravine on the outskirts of the Otto Estate, near Mbweni, about 2½ miles [4 km] west of Kilosa, Tanganyika Territory"
Distribution:Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
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SUBSPECIES melleri

SUBSPECIES langi

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