Mungos
Genus of carnivores From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mungos is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric Cuvier in 1795.[1]
Mungos | |
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Banded mongoose, Mungos mungo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Subfamily: | Mungotinae |
Genus: | Mungos E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1795 |
Type species | |
Viverra mungo Gmelin, 1788 | |
Species | |
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range of M. mungo range of M. gambianus |
The genus contains the following species:[2]
Image | Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Banded mongoose, M. mungo (Gmelin, 1788)[3] | ![]() |
![]() | Gambian mongoose, M. gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)[4] | ![]() |
References
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