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Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids, Malagasy mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans.
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family has two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae . The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to southern Europe , Africa and Asia , whereas the Mungotinae comprises 11 species native to Africa. [ 2 ]
The white-tailed mongoose lives in most of Africa south of the Sahara, and the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. [2] It lives in a wide range of habitats, from semi-desert to savanna woodland, but avoid moist areas like the Congo River basin or extremely arid areas. It prefers areas of thick cover, such as the edges of forests and ...
The Mangusta was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, whose main highlight is a centre-hinged, two-section bonnet that opened akin to gullwing doors.The early European versions were fitted with a mid-mounted 306 hp (228 kW) Ford 289 V8 engine, driven through a 5-speed ZF transaxle; but for almost all Mangustas for both Europe and North America an unmodified "J Code" 230 hp (170 kW) Ford 302 V8 was ...
The common dwarf mongoose has soft fur ranging from yellowish red to very dark brown. It has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. With a body length of 16–23 cm (6.3–9.1 in) and a weight of 213–341 g (7.5–12.0 oz), it is Africa's smallest member of the order Carnivora.
The eastern falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) is a rare mongoose-like mammal in the carnivoran family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar. [3] It is classified alongside the Western falanouc (Eupleres major), recognized only in 2010, in the genus Eupleres. [4] Falanoucs have several peculiarities.
Banded mongoose (M. m. colonus) at Maasai Mara in western KenyaThe banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa.It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes.
Crossarchus is a mongoose genus, commonly referred to as kusimanse, often cusimanse, [1] [2] mangue, or dwarf mongoose. They are placed in the subfamily Mungotinae, [ 3 ] which are small, highly social mongooses.