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Galerella
Slender Mongoose
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Galerella
Gray, 1864
Species

Galerella flavescens
Galerella ochracea
Galerella pulverulenta
Galerella sanguinea

Galerella is a genus of mongooses native to Africa commonly called the slender mongooses.

There are four species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant Carnivora species
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Prionodon (Asiatic linsangs)
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Viverroidea
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Hemigalinae
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Paradoxurus

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sensu stricto
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Genettinae
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Genetta
(genets)
Herpestoidea
    • see below↓
Herpestoidea
Hyaenidae
(hyenas)
Proteles
Hyaeninae
(bone-crushing hyenas)
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Herpestidae sensu lato
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(Malagasy
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Musteloidea
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(stink badgers)
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(spotted skunks)
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Bassariscus
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(coatis)
Nasua
Nasuella
Mustelidae
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Mustelidae
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Melogale
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Pekania
Gulo
Martes
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Ictonychinae
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(grisons)
Ictonychini
(African polecats)
Vormela
Ictonyx
Lutrinae
(otters)
Lontra
Enhydra
Lutra
Lutrogale
Aonyx
Mustelinae
Neogale
Mustela
(weasels)


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