Common slender mongoose

Common slender mongoose
Common slender mongoose in Serengeti National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. sanguineus
Binomial name
Herpestes sanguineus
(Rüppell, 1835)
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]

  1. ^ Do Linh San, E.; Maddock, A.H. (2016). "Herpestes sanguineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41606A45206143. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Galerella sanguinea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 565–566. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.