Herpestes

Herpestes
Temporal range: Oligocene to present
Egyptian mongoose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Herpestes
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Mustela ichneumon[1]
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

see table

Synonyms
  • Galerella Gray, 1864
  • Ophiovora

Herpestes is a genus within the mongoose family Herpestidae. Several species in the family are known as slender mongooses. It is the type genus of the family, and comprises 5-6 living species, each with several subspecies. Fossil remains of three prehistoric species were excavated in France, and described in 1853.

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