Somalian slender mongoose

Somalian slender mongoose
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. ochraceus
Binomial name
	Herpestes ochraceus; Gray, 1848
	Somalian slender mongoose range
Synonyms
	Galerella ochracea

The Somalian slender mongoose (Herpestes ochraceus) is a small mammal found in Somalia and adjacent regions.^[1] It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lb) in weight.^[3]

It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Galerella ochracea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Taylor, M.E. & Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Herpestes ochraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41605A86159385.
^ Kingdon, J. Mammals of Africa. p. 303.
^ Gray, J.E. (1848). "Description of a new species of Herpestes, from Abyssinia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (November): 138–139.

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[msw3-1] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Galerella ochracea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Taylor, M.E. & Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Herpestes ochraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41605A86159385.

[3] Kingdon, J. Mammals of Africa. p. 303.

[4] Gray, J.E. (1848). "Description of a new species of Herpestes, from Abyssinia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (November): 138–139.

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Somalian slender mongoose

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. ochraceus^[1]
Binomial name
*Herpestes ochraceus^[1]* Gray, 1848

Somalian slender mongoose range
Synonyms
Galerella ochracea