Herpestes ichneumon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Egyptian Mongoose
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Viverroidea |
Family | : Herpestidae |
Subfamily | : Herpestinae |
Genus | : Herpestes |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033854Original name as described
Viverra ichneumon
Other common names
Large Gray Mongoose · Ichneumon
Type locality
Egypt.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Portugal · Spain · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti? · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini? · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Turkey
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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