Mungos Geoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier 1795 (mongoose)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Synonym: Ariela Gray 1864
Parent taxon: Herpestinae according to J. A. Allen 1919
See also Carroll 1988, Jentink 1888, Mivart 1882 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Bdeogale, Crossarchus, Cynictis, Dologale, Galerella, Helogale, Herpestes, Herpestinae, Ichneumia, Legetetia, Liberiictis, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Suricata, Ugandictis, Xenogale
Subtaxa: Mungos gambianus Mungos mungo
Type: Viverra mungo
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (2 collections), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of Tanzania (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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