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Helogale parvula (Dwarf  mongoose)

dwergmuishond [Afrikaans]; Zwergichneumon, Zwergmanguste [German]; mangouste nain [French]; kitafe [Swahili]; iduha [isiNdebele]; motswitswane [Sesotho]; lefswekete, leswękętę, leswekete, mothibitshwane [Setswana]; matswi [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)

Helogale parvula (Dwarf  mongoose) Helogale parvula (Dwarf  mongoose)

Dwarf mongoose, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Dwarf mongoose, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Coke Smith ©]

Helogale parvula (Dwarf  mongoose) Helogale parvula (Dwarf  mongoose)

Dwarf mongoose, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Bernard Dupont  ©]

Dwarf mongoose, Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]