The Somalian slender mongoose (''Herpestes ochraceus'') is a small mammal found in
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
and adjacent regions.
[ It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about in weight.
It was first described by ]John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 โ 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766โ1828). The same is used f ...
in 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.
References
Somalian slender mongoose
Mammals of Somalia
Fauna of the Horn of Africa
Somalian slender mongoose
Somalian slender mongoose
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