| Crossarchus | |
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| Common kusimanse (C. obscurus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Mungotinae |
| Genus: | Crossarchus Cuvier, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Crossarchus obscurus Cuvier, 1825
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| Species | |
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Crossarchus alexandri | |
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| Ranges of the four Crossarchus species
C. obscurus
C. platycephalus
C. alexandri
C. ansorgei
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Crossarchus is a mongoose genus, commonly referred to as kusimanse, often cusimanse,[1][2] mangue, or dwarf mongoose. They are placed in the subfamily Mungotinae,[3] which are small, highly social mongooses.[1]
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