Gambian mongoose | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Mungos |
Species: | M. gambianus
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Binomial name | |
Mungos gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)
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range of the Gambian mongoose
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Synonyms[2] | |
Herpestes gambianus Ogilby, 1835 |
The Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) is a mongoose species native to the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic from Gambia to Nigeria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008.[1]