Vocabulary

Bdeogale (genus of mongooses)

Crossarchus (genus of mongooses comprising the kusimanses)

Cynictis (genus containing the yellow mongoose)

Dologale (genus containing Pousargues's mongoose)

Helogale (genus of dwarf mongooses)

Herpestes (genus of mongooses)

Ichneumia (genus containing the white-tailed mongoose)

Liberiictis (genus containing the Liberian mongoose)

Mungos (genus of mongooses)

Paracynictis (genus containing Selous' mongoose)

Rhynchogale (genus containing Meller's mongoose)

Suricata (genus containing the meerkat)

bushy-tailed mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda)

Jackson's mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni)

black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes)

Alexander's kusimanse (Crossarchus alexandri)

Angolan kusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei); Ansorge's kusimanse

common kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus); long-nosed kusimanse

flat-headed kusimanse (Crossarchus platycephalus)

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yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata); red meerkat

Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii); African tropical savannah mongoose

Ethiopian dwarf mongoose (Helogale hirtula); desert dwarf mongoose; Somali dwarf mongoose

common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula); dwarf mongoose

short-tailed mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus)

Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii); common grey mongoose

Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)

Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon); ichneumon

small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)

long-nosed mongoose (Herpestes naso)

collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus)

ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)

crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva)

stripe-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis)

white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)

Liberian mongoose (Liberiictis kuhni)

Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus)

banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)

Selous' mongoose (Paracynictis selousi)

Meller's mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri)