Species Rhynchogale melleri (Gray, 1865) (Meller's mongoose)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Carnivora
  • ---- family: Herpestidae
  • ----- species: Rhynchogale melleri
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 60-90cm, tail-length: 30-38cm; shaggy fur of variable colour, underside lighter, short head with swollen muzzle;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 146
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Place: source:Flickr
Creator: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: Meller's Mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri) is a species of mongoose, a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29674819
Place: source:Flickr
Creator: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: Meller's Mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri) is a species of mongoose, a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa
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