Herpestes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Herpestidae
- Genus
- Herpestes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Herpestes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Herpestes
Herpestes is a genus within the mongoose family Herpestidae. Several species in the family are known as slender mongooses. It is the type genus of the family, and comprises 5-6 living species, each with several subspecies. Fossil remains of three prehistoric species were excavated in France, and described in 1853.
...Herpestes in languages:
- Arabic
- نمس نحيل
- Bokmål
- Smalmungoer
- Chinese
- 獴屬
- English
- Slender Mongooses
- Finnish
- mungot
- Finnish
- afrikanmangustit
- German
- Echte Mangusten
- German
- Schlankmangusten
- Japanese
- ホソマングース属
- Russian
- Африканские мангусты
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