Meller's Mongoose

Meller's Mongoose
Meller's Mongoose
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Rhynchogale
Species: R. melleri
Binomial name
Rhynchogale melleri
Gray, 1865
Meller's Mongoose range
(green - extant, pink - probably extant)

Meller's Mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri) is a species of mongoose. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It belongs to the monotypic genus Rhynchogale.

References

  1. ^ Stuart, C., Stuart, T. & Hoffmann, M. (2008). Rhynchogale melleri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

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