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Long-nosed mongoose
Species of mongoose from Central Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The long-nosed mongoose (Xenogale naso) is a mongoose native to Central African wetlands and rainforests. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996.[1] Although formerly classified in Herpestes, more recent studies indicate that it belongs in the monotypic taxon Xenogale.[5][6]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Xenogale Allen, 1919 |
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Binomial name | |
Xenogale naso[4][3] (de Winton, 1901) | |
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