HERPESTINAE
This lineage comprises 22 species within six genera:
Atilax
Marsh Mongoose (A. paludinosus)
The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and south to South Africa; it is absent from Namibia, Botswana and northwest South Africa.
Photo by
@vogelcommando
Bdeogale
Bushy-tailed Mongoose (B. crassicauda)
The range of this species extends across east Africa from southern Kenya in the north to central Mozambique in the south.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Jackson's Mongoose (B. jacksoni)
The range of this species is restricted to a small mountainous strip passing through Uganda and Kenya, along with a disjunct population in south-central Tanzania.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Black-footed Mongoose (B. nigripes)
The range of this species extends through central Africa from east Nigeria to north-east Zaire, and south to northernAngola.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Galerella
Angolan Slender Mongoose (G. flavescens)
The range of this species is restricted to a coastal strip within Namibia and Angola.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Somali Slender Mongoose (G. ochracea)
The range of this species is restricted to northeastern Africa, in Somalia, adjacent parts of Ethiopia and marginally in northeastern Kenya.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Cape Gray Mongoose (G. pulverulenta)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Africa, within South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia.
Photo by
@lintworm
Slender Mongoose (G. sanguinea)
The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east, and south to the Northern Cape in South Africa.
Photo by
@Maguari
Black Mongoose (G. nigrata)
The range of this species is restricted to mountainous regions of northwest Namibia and southwest Angola.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Herpestes
Short-tailed Mongoose (H. brachyurus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, along with Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippine islands of Palawan and Busuanga
Photo by
@Nick@Amsterdam
Indian Gray Mongoose (H. edwardsii)
The range of this species extends from Turkey and the Arabian peninsula east to India, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Photo by
@Maguari
Indian Brown Mongoose (H. fuscus)
The range of this species is restricted to southwest India and Sri Lanka.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Egyptian Mongoose (H. ichneumon)
The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia in the west to the Red Sea coastline in the east, and throughout central and southern Africa barring the Congo River basin, Namibia, Botswana and inland South Africa; there are also disjunct populations in the Sinai Peninsula north to southern Turkey, and in the Iberian Peninsula.
Photo by
@alexkant
Javan Mongoose (H. javanicus)
The range of this species extends from southern China and Myanmar in the north, throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, and into Java and Sumatra in the south.
Photo by
@GregOz
Small Indian Mongoose (H. auropunctatus)
The native range of this species extends from the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula in the west, throughout the Indian subcontinent to Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east; there are also dozens of introduced populations within islands of the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic, along with populations in Central America and northern South America.
Photo by
@Chlidonias
Long-nosed Mongoose (H. naso)
The range of this species primarily extends throughout the Congo River basin, but in the east can be found as far as western Kenya and Tanzania.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Collared Mongoose (H. semitorquatus)
The range of this species is restricted to Borneo.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Ruddy Mongoose (H. smithii)
The range of this species extends throughout India and Sri Lanka.
Photo by
@Chlidonias
Crab-eating Mongoose (H. urva)
The range of this species extends from Myanmar and northwest India in the west to southern and eastern China in the west, and south throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.
Photo by
@Deer Forest
Stripe-necked Mongoose (H. vitticollis)
The range of this species is restricted to the southwestern tip of India and Sri Lanka.
Photo by
@GregOz
Ichneumia
White-tailed Mongoose (I. albicauda)
The range of this species extends throughout much of Africa south of the Sahara - barring the Congo River Basin and the arid regions of Namibia, Botswana and western South Africa - along with the southern portions of the Arabian Peninsula.
Photo by
@alexkant
Rhynchogale
Meller's Mongoose (R. melleri)
The range of this species extends throughout eastern Africa, from central Tanzania in the north to northern South Africa in the south.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
like the Long-tailed Weasel you were telling me about!
