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|] || ] ''G. flavescens'' || Angola and Namibia | ||
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| ||] ''G. ochracea'' ||Somalia | ||
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| |] ||] ''G. pulverulenta'' {{small|(], 1839)}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wagner, J.A. |date=1839 |title=Über die Verwandtschafts-Verhältnisse der Pharaonsratte |journal=Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München |volume=9 |issue=183 |page=425–429 |url=https://archive.org/details/gelehrteanzeig0910bayeuoft/page/212/mode/2up}}</ref> | |||
| |] || ''Galerella pulverulenta'' || ] || South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia | |||
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| |] || ''Galerella sanguinea'' || ] || sub-Saharan Africa | |] || ''Galerella sanguinea'' || ] || sub-Saharan Africa | ||
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|] ||] ''G. nigrata'' ||Angola and Namibia | ||
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A recent addition is the ] ''G. nigrata'', which now is considered a separate species by many scientists, following genetic analysis. It was previously seen as a variant of ''Galerella sanguinea''.<ref name="Tromp">{{cite journal | author = Tromp, S. | work = University of Queensland | title = Introducing the black mongoose | url = http://www.berglabs.org/people/sara/Poster%20UQ%202007.pdf | year = 2007 | journal = | access-date = 2014-08-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072716/http://www.berglabs.org/people/sara/Poster%20UQ%202007.pdf | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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For the fungus genus, see Galerella (fungus).
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| Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Galerella Gray, 1864 |
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| 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 | Name | Distribution | |
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Angolan slender mongoose G. flavescens | Angola and Namibia | |
| Somalian slender mongoose G. ochracea | Somalia | ||
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Cape gray mongoose G. pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) | South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia | |
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Galerella sanguinea | Slender mongoose | sub-Saharan Africa |
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Black mongoose G. nigrata | Angola and Namibia |
A recent addition is the black mongoose G. 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
- ^ 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.
- Wagner, J.A. (1839). "Über die Verwandtschafts-Verhältnisse der Pharaonsratte". Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München. 9 (183): 425–429.
- 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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