Long-nosed mongoose

Long-nosed mongoose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Xenogale
Allen, 1919
Species:
X. naso[1][2]
Binomial name
Xenogale naso[1][2]
(de Winton, 1901)
Long-nosed mongoose range

The long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) is a mongoose native to Central African wetlands and rainforests. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996.[3] Although formerly classified in Herpestes, more recent studies indicate that it belongs in the monotypic taxon Xenogale.[4][5]

  1. ^ de Winton, W. E. (1901). "Description of a New Mongoose from West Africa". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums Under the City Council. 3 (2): 35–37.
  2. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Herpestes naso". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ a b Ray, J.; Bahaa-el-din, L.; Angelici, F. M. & Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Herpestes naso". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41615A45207915.
  4. ^ Zhou, Y.; Wang, S.-R.; Ma, J.-Z. (2017). "Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA". PLOS ONE. 12 (3): e0174902. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1274902Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174902. PMC 5373635. PMID 28358848.
  5. ^ "Xenogale naso (de Winton, 1901)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-07-08.