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Mongooses
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Smithsonian Wild cc-by-nc-sa
Herpestidae (Mongooses) is a family of
mammals
.
EOL has data for
15 attributes
, including:
geographic distribution includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
Definition:
This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Ghana
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/2300660
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number of public records in bold
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
Definition:
number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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41
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of mongooses.
View this species on GBIF
Smithsonian Wild cc-by-nc-sa
mongooses includes
14 children
:
Atilax F. G. Cuvier 1826 (marsh mongoose)
Bdeogale Peters 1850
Crossarchus F. G. Cuvier 1825 (dwarf mongoose)
Cynictis Ogilby 1833 (yellow mongoose)
Dologale Thomas 1926
Galerella Gray 1865 (slender mongoose)
Helogale Gray 1862 (dwarf mongoose)
Herpestes Illiger 1811
Ichneumia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837
Liberiictis Hayman 1958
Mungos É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. G. Cuvier 1795
Paracynictis Pocock 1916
Rhynchogale Thomas 1894
Suricata Desmarest 1804 (meerkat)
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