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Herpestes ichneumon (Large grey mongoose)

Egyptian mongoose, ichneumon mongoose [English]; grootgrysmuishond [Afrikaans]; Ichneumon [German]; mangouste ichneumon [French]; nguchiro [Swahili]; inhlangala [isiZulu]; moselamotlhaka [Setswana]

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)

Herpestes ichneumon (Large grey mongoose)

Large grey mongoose, Arabella Golf Estate, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]