Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Herpestidae
- ----- species: Galerella sanguinea
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Characteristics: | omnivore; the colour of this Mongoose is usually correlated with the soil colour for camouflage and ranges from yellowish-grey to reddish; the long and upwards bent tail has a black tip; |
Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
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References: | Cillié 1997: 152 |