Pousargues’s mongoose

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Pousargues’s mongoose is a little-known, small carnivorous mammal native to Central Africa, belonging to the mongoose family and inhabiting forested and savanna environments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carnivoran
mongoose
species of mammal
activityPattern diurnal
binomialName Dologale dybowskii NERFINISHED
bodySize small
class Mammalia
coatColor brownish
commonName African tropical savanna mongoose
Pousargues’s mongoose NERFINISHED
conservationStatus Data Deficient
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List NERFINISHED
describedBy Jules Pousargues NERFINISHED
diet carnivorous
insectivorous
eats insects
small vertebrates
family Herpestidae NERFINISHED
foundInEcoregion Central African forest–savanna mosaic NERFINISHED
genus Dologale NERFINISHED
habitat grassland near forest
savanna
tropical moist forest
woodland
hasFur true
hasVertebralColumn true
kingdom Animalia
locomotion terrestrial
nativeTo Cameroon NERFINISHED
Central Africa NERFINISHED
Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
order Carnivora
phylum Chordata
rangeType patchy distribution
reproduction viviparous
researchStatus little-known species
socialBehavior gregarious
group-living
tail long tail
taxonRank species
threats habitat loss
warmBlooded true
yearDescribed 1893

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Herpestidae includes Pousargues’s mongoose