| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Mustelidae
- ----- species: Mellivora capensis
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| Characteristics: | omnivore; height: 25-30cm; the body is black with a broad, greyish-white saddle on the back and head;the legs are short and equipped with sharp claws; the black tail is short; the ears are very small; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 140 |
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