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Galerella
Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Galerella Gray, 1864
Species
Galerella flavescens Galerella ochracea Galerella pulverulenta Galerella sanguinea Galerella nigrata
Galerella ranges

Galerella is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae) native to Africa and commonly called the slender mongooses.

There are four or five species in this genus, with more than 30 subspecies.

Four of the species have long been established:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Galerella flavescens	Angolan slender mongoose	Angola and Namibia.
	Galerella ochracea	Somalian slender mongoose	Somalia
	Galerella pulverulenta	Cape gray mongoose	South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia
	Galerella sanguinea	Slender mongoose	sub-Saharan Africa
	Galerella nigrata	Black mongoose	Angola and Namibia

A recent addition is the black mongoose, Galerella nigrata, which now is considered a separate species by many scientists, following genetic analysis. It was previously seen as a variant of Galerella sanguinea.

References

1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Galerella". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Tromp S (2007). "Introducing the black mongoose" (PDF). University of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-12.

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