| Mungos | |
|---|---|
| Banded mongoose,Mungos mungo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Mungotinae |
| Genus: | Mungos E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire &F. Cuvier, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Viverra mungo Gmelin, 1788 | |
| Species | |
range ofM. mungo range ofM. gambianus region ofsympatry | |
Mungos is amongoosegenus that was proposed byÉtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire andFrédéric Cuvier in 1795.[1]
The genus contains the followingspecies:[2]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Banded mongoose,M. mungo(Gmelin, 1788)[3] | ||
| Gambian mongoose,M. gambianus(Ogilby, 1835)[4] |
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