Galerella
Galerella is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae) native to Africa and commonly called the slender mongooses.[1]
| Galerella[1] | |
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| Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Galerella Gray, 1864 |
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| Galerella ranges | |
There are four or five species in this genus, with more than 30 subspecies.
Four of the species have long been established:[1]
| Image | Name | Distribution | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Angolan slender mongoose G. flavescens | Angola and Namibia | |
| Somalian slender mongoose G. ochracea | Somalia | ||
 | Cape gray mongoose G. pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839)[2] | South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia | |
 | Galerella sanguinea | Slender mongoose | sub-Saharan Africa |
 | Black mongoose G. nigrata | Angola and Namibia | |
A recent addition is the black mongoose G. nigrata, which now is considered a separate species by many scientists, following genetic analysis. It was previously seen as a variant of Galerella sanguinea.[3]
References
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). "Galerella". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Wagner, J.A. (1839). "Über die Verwandtschafts-Verhältnisse der Pharaonsratte". Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München. 9 (183): 425–429.
- Tromp, S. (2007). "Introducing the black mongoose" (PDF). University of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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