Common slender mongoose | |
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Common slender mongoose in Serengeti National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Herpestes |
Species: | H. sanguineus
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Binomial name | |
Herpestes sanguineus (Rüppell, 1835)
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Slender mongoose range | |
Synonyms | |
Galerella sanguinea |
The common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose or the black-tailed mongoose, is a very common mongoose species native to sub-Saharan Africa.[2]