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Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose)

black-tipped mongoose [English]; swartkwasmuishond, rooimuishond [Afrikaans]; Rotichneumon, Schlankichneumon [German]; mangouste rouge [French]; iwobo [isiNdebele]; uchakide [isiZulu]; kgano [Sesotho]; kgano, khano, ramotsibodi, kganwe [Setswana]; hovo [Shona]; chakidze [siSwati]; mangovo [Xitsonga]; khohe, khoke [Tshivenda]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family: Herpistidae (suricates and mongooses)

Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose)

Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose), Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Coke Smith ©]

Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose)

Galerella sanguinea (Slender mongoose), Botswana. [photo Gerhard Theron ©]