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Galerella | |
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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 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 |
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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
- ^ 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.
- Tromp S (2007). "Introducing the black mongoose" (PDF). University of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Galerella |
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