Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Feliformia > Family Herpestidae > Genus Herpestes

Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

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Genus group names

*Herpestes*	Illiger, 1811	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Viverra ichneumon*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Children

Herpestes ichneumon widdringtonii Gray, 1842

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Obiknovenа mаngustа; Обикновена мангуста sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: Faraorotte

Dutch: Mangoeste

English: Egyptian mongoose sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))

English-United States: Egyptian mongoose

French: Mangouste ichneumon

German: Ichneumon sources: german PESI focal point

Greek: Αιγυπτιακή μανγκούστα

Israel (Hebrew): נמייה sources: Hebrew PESI focal point

Italian: Mangusta egiziana

Lithuanian: egiptinė mangusta sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: египетский мангуст или фараонова мышь sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovak: Mungo

Slovenian: Navadni mungo

Turkish: Firavun faresi; Firavun sicani; Firavun sıçanı; Misir mangusu; Mısır mangusu sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Єгипетський Мангуст; Мангуста єгипетська

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305372

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2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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