Species Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889) (Angolan slender mongoose)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Carnivora
  • ---- family: Herpestidae
  • ----- species: Galerella flavescens
Characteristics:omnivore; the coat is dark reddish-brown with the last third of the tail black; the Slender Mongoose and the Kaokoland Slender Mongoose can be distinguished by habitat and the darker colour of the Kaokoland Slander Mongoose;
Ecoregions:
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 152
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-06-28
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: Hans Hillewaert
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

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