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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
Subspecies:
H. b. hosei
Trinomial name
Herpestes brachyurus hosei
Jentink, 1903
Synonyms

Herpestes hosei

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Francis, C.M. & Payne, J. (1985).A field guide to the mammals of Borneo. Malaysia: Sabah Society