MONGOOSE

Mongoose

Mongooses are 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa of the family Herpestidae. Four additional species from Madagascar in the subfamily Galidiinae, which were previously classified in this family, are also referred to as "mongooses" or "mongoose-like". Genetic evidence indicates the Galidiinae are more closely related to other Madagascar carnivorans in the family Eupleridae, which is the closest living group to the true mongooses.

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mongoose

Noun

  1. Carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar Malagasy mongooses (''''), ranging in size from small rats to large cats, including the Indian mongoose famed as a predators of venomous snakes.


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