Hose's mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus hosei) is a subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose,[1] but it is sometimes considered a separate species instead, Herpestes hosei.[2] It is only known from a single specimen, an adult female taken in the Baram district, Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1893. Apart from having reddish brown short hair, straighter claws and more slender, smaller skull with a less rounded coronoid process on the lower jaw, it resembles other subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose.[2]
| Hose's mongoose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Herpestes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | H. b. hosei
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| Trinomial name | |
| Herpestes brachyurus hosei Jentink, 1903
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| Synonyms | |
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Herpestes hosei | |
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Francis, C.M. & Payne, J. (1985).A field guide to the mammals of Borneo. Malaysia: Sabah Society