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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Carnivora > Feliformia > Herpestidae

Preferred term

Herpestidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mongoose
  • Mongooses

Note

  • note entry terms: MONGOOSE, RING-TAILED; MONGOOSE, BROWN-TAILED; and MALAGASY MONGOOSE see EUPLERIDAE are also available

Scope note

  • The family of agile, keen-sighted mongooses of Asia and Africa that feed on RODENTS and SNAKES.

History note

  • 2005 (1975)

In other languages

  • mangustit

    Finnish

  • Herpestidae
  • mangustien heimo
  • Manguster

    Swedish

  • Crossarchus obscurus
  • Helogale
  • Liberiictis
  • Mungos

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008988

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