Species Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) (Black-tipped mongoose)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Carnivora
  • ---- family: Herpestidae
  • ----- species: Galerella sanguinea
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
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
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 152
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-04-28
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: Sara&Joachim
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: 1838
Place: unknown
Creator: Andrew Smith (1797-1872)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License

Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-04-28
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: unknown (Sara&Joachim)
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License

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