Somalian slender mongoose

Somalian slender mongoose
Conservation status
	; Least Concern(IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. ochraceus
Binomial name
	Herpestes ochraceus; Gray,1848
	Somalian slender mongoose range
Synonyms
	Galerella ochracea

TheSomalian slender mongoose(Herpestes ochraceus) is a small mammal found inSomaliaand adjacent regions.^[1]It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lb) in weight.^[3]

It was first described byJohn Edward Grayin 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.^[4]

References

^^a ^bWozencraft, W. C.(2005)."SpeciesGalerella ochracea".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.
^Taylor, M.E. & Do Linh San, E. (2015)."Herpestes ochraceus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2015:e.T41605A86159385.
^Kingdon, J.Mammals of Africa.p. 303.
^Gray, J.E. (1848)."Description of a new species ofHerpestes,from Abyssinia ".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London(November): 138–139.

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[msw3-1] Wozencraft, W. C.(2005)."SpeciesGalerella ochracea".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Taylor, M.E. & Do Linh San, E. (2015)."Herpestes ochraceus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2015:e.T41605A86159385.

[3] Kingdon, J.Mammals of Africa.p. 303.

[4] Gray, J.E. (1848)."Description of a new species ofHerpestes,from Abyssinia ".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London(November): 138–139.

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