Herpestes ichneumon
(Large grey mongoose)
Egyptian mongoose, ichneumon mongoose [English];
grootgrysmuishond [Afrikaans];
Ichneumon [German];
mangouste ichneumon [French];
nguchiro [Swahili];
inhlangala
[isiZulu];
moselamotlhaka [Setswana]
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Herpistidae (suricates and mongooses)
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Large grey mongoose, Arabella Golf Estate, South
Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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