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Somalian slender mongoose
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. ochraceus
Binomial name
Herpestes ochraceus Gray, 1848
Somalian slender mongoose range
Synonyms
Galerella ochracea

The Somalian slender mongoose (Herpestes ochraceus) is a small mammal found in Somalia and adjacent regions. It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lb) in weight.

It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.

References

1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Galerella ochracea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Taylor, M.E. & Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Herpestes ochraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41605A86159385.
3. Kingdon, J. Mammals of Africa. p. 303.
4. Gray, J.E. (1848). "Description of a new species of Herpestes, from Abyssinia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (November): 138–139.

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