Helogale parvula

(Sundevall, 1847)

Common Dwarf Mongoose

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Mungotinae
Genus : Helogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sundevall, C.J. 1847. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:118-121.

Original name as described

Herpestes parvulus

Other common names

Dwarf Mongoose

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.26, BMNH:Mamm:1846.8.3.6, RMNH.MAM.35053.a, RMNH.MAM.35053.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Transvaal, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Djibouti? · Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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