HERPESTIDAE, Bonaparte, 1845
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/143F87B3-FFCC-FF8A-FD85-9932F85BFA8F |
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Conny |
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HERPESTIDAE |
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Family HERPESTIDAE View in CoL
(MONGOOSES)
• Smallsized mammals with relatively uniform morphology characterized by a long face and body, short legs, small rounded ears, and long, tapering bushy tails.
• 34 -151 cm. View Figure
• Old World tropics throughout Asia and Africa, also Middle East and southern Europe. View Figure
• Found in habitats ranging from open areas, such as deserts, savannah, and grasslands, to closed forest, over a wide elevation range, from lowlands to montane areas.
• 15 genera, 34 species, at least 84 extant taxa.
• 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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