| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Herpestidae
- ----- species: Herpestes ichneumon
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; body-length: 50-60 cm; they have a long, low-slung form; the grey coat is dotted with brownish speckles; the tail ends with a black tassel; |
| 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
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 166 |
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