The Namaqua slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus swalius), also known as the Namibian slender mongoose, is a subspecies of the common slender mongoose.[1] It is endemic to Namibia.[2] Originally described as Herpestes cauui swalius and considered separate from H. sanguineus on the basis and color and skull shape, it was provisionally placed in H. sanguineus but considered to possibly be a distinct species.[3] The characters used to distinguish them were later found to be non-diagnostic.[4]
| Namaqua slender mongoose[1] | |
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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. s. swalius
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| Trinomial name | |
| Herpestes sanguineus swalius Thomas, 1926
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References
edit- ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Mustelid Specialist Group (1996). "Galerella swalius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ Watson, J. P.; Dippenaar, N. J. (1987). "The species limits of Galerella sanguinea (Ruppell, 1836), G. pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) and G. nigrata (Thomas, 1928) in southern Africa (Carnivora: Viverridae)". Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum.
- ^ Taylor, M.E.; Goldman, C.A. (1993). "The taxonomic status of the African mongooses, Herpestes sanguineus, H. nigratus, H. pulverulentus and H. ochraceus (Carnivora : Viverridae)". Mammalia. 57 (3). doi:10.1515/mamm.1993.57.3.375. ISSN 0025-1461.
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