Cape grey mongoose | |
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on the plateau of Table Mountain | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Herpestes |
Species: | H. pulverulentus
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Binomial name | |
Herpestes pulverulentus (Wagner, 1839)
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Cape grey mongoose range | |
Synonyms | |
Galerella pulverulenta |
The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose, is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia.