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Solitary Mongooses

Herpestinae

Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of the 34 species in the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae, which are small feliform carnivorans native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. The other five species (all African) in the family are the four kusimanses in the genus Crossarchus, and the species Suricata suricatta, commonly called meerkat in English.

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9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 24 known species

Asian Mongooses

genusUrva

Slender Mongooses

genusHerpestes

Yellow Mongooses

genusCynictis

Marsh Mongooses

genusAtilax

White-tailed Mongooses

genusIchneumia

Bushy-tailed Mongooses

genusBdeogale

Meller’s Mongoose

genusRhynchogale

Long-nosed Mongooses

genusXenogale

Selous' Mongooses

genusParacynictis

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