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Galerella ochracea (Somalian Slender Mongoose)

Synonyms: Herpestes ochraceus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Somalian slender mongoose (Galerella ochracea) is a mongoose endemic to Somalia. It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs) in weight.
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Infraspecies

Galerella ochracea bocagei
Galerella ochracea fulvidior
Galerella ochracea ochracea
Galerella ochracea perfulvidus

Attributes

Forages - Ground [1]  100 %

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0