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Somalian slender mongoose

The Somalian slender mongoose (Galerella ochracea) is a mongoose endemic to Somalia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000525.
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Extant Carnivora species
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Infraclass: Eutheria
  • Superorder: Laurasiatheria
 
Suborder Feliformia
Nandiniidae
Nandinia
  • African palm civet (N. binotata)
Herpestidae
(Mongooses)
Atilax
  • Marsh mongoose (A. paludinosus)
Bdeogale
  • Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda)
  • Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni)
  • Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes)
Crossarchus
  • Alexander's kusimanse (C. alexandri)
  • Angolan kusimanse (C. ansorgei)
  • Common kusimanse (C. obscurus)
  • Flat-headed kusimanse (C. platycephalus)
Cynictis
  • Yellow mongoose (C. penicillata)
Dologale
  • Pousargues's mongoose (D. dybowskii)
Galerella
  • Angolan slender mongoose (G. flavescens)
  • Somalian slender mongoose (G. ochracea)
  • Cape gray mongoose (G. pulverulenta)
  • Slender mongoose (G. sanguinea)
Helogale
  • Ethiopian dwarf mongoose (H. hirtula)
  • Common dwarf mongoose (H. parvula)
Herpestes
  • Short-tailed mongoose (H. brachyurus)
  • Indian gray mongoose (H. edwardsii)
  • Indian brown mongoose (H. fuscus)
  • Egyptian mongoose (H. ichneumon)
  • Small Asian mongoose (H. javanicus)
  • Long-nosed mongoose (H. naso)
  • Collared mongoose (H. semitorquatus)
  • Ruddy mongoose (H. smithii)
  • Crab-eating mongoose (H. urva)
  • Stripe-necked mongoose (H. vitticollis)
Ichneumia
  • White-tailed mongoose (I. albicauda)
Liberiictus
  • Liberian mongoose (L. kuhni)
Mungos
  • Gambian mongoose (M. gambianus)
  • Banded mongoose (M. mungo)
Paracynictis
  • Selous' mongoose (P. selousi)
Rhynchogale
  • Meller's mongoose (R. melleri)
Suricata
  • Meerkat (S. suricatta)
Hyaenidae
(Hyenas)
Crocuta
  • Spotted hyena (C. crocuta)
Hyaena
  • Brown hyena (H. brunnea)
  • Striped hyena (H. hyaena)
Proteles
  • Aardwolf (P. cristatus)
Felidae
Large family listed below
Viverridae
Large family listed below
Eupleridae
Small family listed below
 
Family Felidae
Felinae
Acinonyx
  • Cheetah (A. jubatus)
Caracal
  • Caracal (C. caracal)
Felis
  • Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti)
  • Domestic cat (F. catus)
  • Jungle cat (F. chaus)
  • Pallas's cat (F. manul)
  • Sand cat (F. margarita)
  • Black-footed cat (F. nigripes)
  • Wildcat (F. silvestris)
Leopardus
  • Pantanal cat (L. braccatus)
  • Colocolo (L. colocolo)
  • Geoffroy's cat (L. geoffroyi)
  • Kodkod (L. guigna)
  • Andean mountain cat (L. jacobitus)
  • Pampas cat (L. pajeros)
  • Ocelot (L. pardalis)
  • Oncilla (L. tigrinus)
  • Margay (L. wiedii)
Leptailurus
  • Serval (L. serval)
Lynx
  • Canadian lynx (L. canadensis)
  • Eurasian lynx (L. lynx)
  • Iberian lynx (L. pardinus)
  • Bobcat (L. rufus)
Pardofelis
  • Marbled cat (P. marmorata)
  • Bay cat (P. badia)
  • Asian golden cat (P. temminckii)
Prionailurus
  • Leopard cat (P. bengalensis)
  • Iriomote cat (P. iriomotensis)
  • Flat-headed cat (P. planiceps)
  • Rusty-spotted cat (P. rubiginosus)
  • Fishing cat (P. viverrinus)
Profelis
  • African golden cat (P. aurata)
Puma
  • Cougar (P. concolor)
  • Jaguarundi (P. yagouaroundi)
Pantherinae
Panthera
  • Lion (P. leo)
  • Jaguar (P. onca)
  • Leopard (P. pardus)
  • Tiger (P. tigris)
Uncia
  • Snow leopard (U. uncia)
Neofelis
  • Clouded leopard (N. nebulosa)
  • Sunda clouded leopard (N. diardi)
 
Family Viverridae (includes Civets)
Paradoxurinae
Arctictis
  • Binturong (A. binturong)
Arctogalidia
  • Small-toothed palm civet (A. trivirgata)
Macrogalidia
  • Sulawesi palm civet (M. musschenbroekii)
Paguma
  • Masked palm civet (P. larvata)
Paradoxurus
  • Golden wet-zone palm civet (P. aureus)
  • Asian palm civet (P. hermaphroditus)
  • Jerdon's palm civet (P. jerdoni)
  • Golden palm civet (P. zeylonensis)
Hemigalinae
Chrotogale
  • Owston's palm civet (C. owstoni)
Cynogale
  • Otter civet (C. bennettii)
Diplogale
  • Hose's palm civet (D. hosei)
Hemigalus
  • Banded palm civet (H. derbyanus)
Prionodontinae
(Asiatic linsangs)
Prionodon
  • Banded linsang (P. linsang)
  • Spotted linsang (P. pardicolor)
Viverrinae
Civettictis
  • African civet (C. civetta)
Genetta
(Genets)
  • Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica)
  • Angolan genet (G. angolensis)
  • Bourlon's genet (G. bourloni)
  • Crested servaline genet (G. cristata)
  • Common genet (G. genetta)
  • Johnston's genet (G. johnstoni)
  • Rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata)
  • Pardine genet (G. pardina)
  • Aquatic genet (G. piscivora)
  • King genet (G. poensis)
  • Servaline genet (G. servalina)
  • Haussa genet (G. thierryi)
  • Cape genet (G. tigrina)
  • Giant gorest genet (G. victoriae)
Poiana
  • Leighton's linsang (P. leightoni)
  • African linsang (P. richardsonii)
Viverra
  • Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina)
  • Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)
  • Malayan civet (V. tangalunga)
  • Large Indian civet (V. zibetha)
Viverricula
  • Small Indian civet (V. indica)
 
Family Eupleridae
Euplerinae
Cryptoprocta
  • Fossa (C. ferox)
Eupleres
  • Falanouc (E. goudotii)
Fossa
  • Malagasy civet (F. fossana)
Galidiinae
Galidia
  • Ring-tailed mongoose (G. elegans)
Galidictis
  • Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata)
  • Grandidier's mongoose (G. grandidieri)
Mungotictis
  • Narrow-striped mongoose (M. decemlineata)
Salanoia
  • Brown-tailed mongoose (S. concolor)
  • Durrell's vontsira (S. durrelli)
 
Suborder Caniformia (cont. below)
Ursidae
(Bears)
Ailuropoda
  • Giant panda (A. melanoleuca)
Helarctos
  • Sun bear (H. malayanus)
Melursus
  • Sloth bear (M. ursinus)
Tremarctos
  • Spectacled bear (T. ornatus)
Ursus
  • American black bear (U. americanus)
  • Brown bear (U. arctos)
  • Polar bear (U. maritimus)
  • Asian black bear (U. thibetanus)
Mephitidae
(Skunks)
Conepatus
(Hog-nosed
skunks)
  • Molina's hog-nosed skunk (C. chinga)
  • Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (C. humboldtii)
  • American hog-nosed skunk (C. leuconotus)
  • Striped hog-nosed skunk (C. semistriatus)
Mephitis
  • Hooded skunk (M. macroura)
  • Striped skunk (M. mephitis)
Mydaus
  • Sunda stink badger (M. javanensis)
  • Palawan stink badger (M. marchei)
Spilogale
(Spotted skunks)
  • Southern spotted skunk (S. angustifrons)
  • Western spotted skunk (S. gracilis)
  • Eastern spotted skunk (S. putorius)
  • Pygmy spotted skunk (S. pygmaea)
Procyonidae
Bassaricyon
(Olingos)
  • Allen's olingo (B. alleni)
  • Beddard's olingo (B. beddardi)
  • Bushy-tailed olingo (B. gabbii)
  • Harris's olingo (B. lasius)
  • Chiriqui olingo (B. pauli)
Bassariscus
  • Ring-tailed cat (B. astutus)
  • Cacomistle (B. sumichrasti)
Nasua
(Coatis inclusive)
  • White-nosed coati (N. narica)
  • South American coati (N. nasua)
Nasuella
(Coatis inclusive)
  • Western mountain coati (N. olivacea)
  • Eastern mountain coati (N. meridensis)
Potos
  • Kinkajou (P. flavus)
Procyon
  • Crab-eating raccoon (P. cancrivorus)
  • Raccoon (P. lotor)
  • Cozumel raccoon (P. pygmaeus)
Ailuridae
Ailurus
  • Red panda (A. fulgens)
 
Suborder Caniformia (cont. above)
Otariidae
(Eared seals)
(includes fur seals
and sea lions)

(Pinniped inclusive)
Arctocephalus
  • South American fur seal (A. australis)
  • Australasian fur seal (A. forsteri)
  • Galápagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis)
  • Antarctic fur seal (A. gazella)
  • Juan Fernández fur seal (A. philippii)
  • Brown fur seal (A. pusillus)
  • Guadalupe fur seal (A. townsendi)
  • Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis)
Callorhinus
  • Northern fur seal (C. ursinus)
Eumetopias
  • Steller sea lion (E. jubatus)
Neophoca
  • Australian sea lion (N. cinerea)
Otaria
  • South American sea lion (O. flavescens)
Phocarctos
  • New Zealand sea lion (P. hookeri)
Zalophus
  • California sea lion (Z. californianus)
  • Galápagos sea lion (Z. wollebaeki)
Odobenidae
(Pinniped inclusive)
Odobenus
  • Walrus (O. rosmarus)
Phocidae
(Earless seals)
(Pinniped inclusive)
Cystophora
  • Hooded seal (C. cristata)
Erignathus
  • Bearded seal (E. barbatus)
Halichoerus
  • Gray seal (H. grypus)
Histriophoca
  • Ribbon seal (H. fasciata)
Hydrurga
  • Leopard seal (H. leptonyx)
Leptonychotes
  • Weddell seal (L. weddellii)
Lobodon
  • Crabeater seal (L. carcinophagus)
Mirounga
(Elephant seals)
  • Northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)
  • Southern elephant seal (M. leonina)
Monachus
  • Mediterranean monk seal (M. monachus)
  • Hawaiian monk seal (M. schauinslandi)
Ommatophoca
  • Ross seal (O. rossi)
Pagophilus
  • Harp seal (P. groenlandicus)
Phoca
  • Spotted seal (P. largha)
  • Harbor seal (P. vitulina)
Pusa
  • Caspian seal (P. caspica)
  • Ringed seal (P. hispida)
  • Baikal seal (P. sibirica)
Canidae
Large family listed below
Mustelidae
Large family listed below
 
Family Canidae
Atelocynus
  • Short-eared dog (A. microtis)
Canis
  • Side-striped jackal (C. adustus)
  • Golden jackal (C. aureus)
  • Coyote (C. latrans)
  • Gray wolf (C. lupus)
  • Dog (C. lupus familiaris)
  • Black-backed jackal (C. mesomelas)
  • Red wolf (C. rufus)
  • Ethiopian wolf (C. simensis)
Cerdocyon
  • Crab-eating fox (C. thous)
Chrysocyon
  • Maned wolf (C. brachyurus)
Cuon
  • Dhole (C. alpinus)
Lycalopex
  • Culpeo (L. culpaeus)
  • Darwin's fox (L. fulvipes)
  • South American gray fox (L. griseus)
  • Pampas fox (L. gymnocercus)
  • Sechuran fox (L. sechurae)
  • Hoary fox (L. vetulus)
Lycaon
  • African wild dog (L. pictus)
Nyctereutes
  • Raccoon dog (N. procyonoides)
Otocyon
  • Bat-eared fox (O. megalotis)
Speothos
  • Bush dog (S. venaticus)
Urocyon
  • Gray fox (U. cinereoargenteus)
  • Island fox (U. littoralis)
Vulpes
  • Bengal fox (V. bengalensis)
  • Blanford's fox (V. cana)
  • Cape fox (V. chama)
  • Corsac fox (V. corsac)
  • Tibetan sand fox (V. ferrilata)
  • Arctic fox (V. lagopus)
  • Kit fox (V. macrotis)
  • Pale fox (V. pallida)
  • Rüppell's fox (V. rueppelli)
  • Swift fox (V. velox)
  • Red fox (V. vulpes)
  • Fennec fox (V. zerda)
 
Family Mustelidae
Lutrinae
(Otters)
Aonyx
  • African clawless otter (A. capensis)
  • Oriental small-clawed otter (A. cinerea)
Enhydra
  • Sea otter (E. lutris)
Hydrictis
  • Spotted-necked otter (H. maculicollis)
Lontra
  • North American river otter (L. canadensis)
  • Marine otter (L. felina)
  • Neotropical otter (L. longicaudis)
  • Southern river otter (L. provocax)
Lutra
  • European otter (L. lutra)
  • Hairy-nosed otter (L. sumatrana)
Lutrogale
  • Smooth-coated otter (L. perspicillata)
Pteronura
  • Giant otter (P. brasiliensis)
Mustelinae
(including badgers)
Arctonyx
  • Hog badger (A. collaris)
Eira
  • Tayra (E. barbara)
Galictis
  • Lesser grison (G. cuja)
  • Greater grison (G. vittata)
Gulo
  • Wolverine (G. gulo)
Ictonyx
  • Saharan striped polecat (I. libyca)
  • Striped polecat (I. striatus)
Lyncodon
  • Patagonian weasel (L. patagonicus)
Martes
(Martens)
  • American marten (M. americana)
  • Yellow-throated marten (M. flavigula)
  • Beech marten (M. foina)
  • Nilgiri marten (M. gwatkinsii)
  • European pine marten (M. martes)
  • Japanese marten (M. melampus)
  • Fisher (M. pennanti)
  • Sable (M. zibellina)
Meles
  • Japanese badger (M. anakuma)
  • Asian badger (M. leucurus)
  • European badger (M. meles)
Mellivora
  • Honey badger (M. capensis)
Melogale
(Ferret-badgers)
  • Bornean ferret-badger (M. everetti)
  • Chinese ferret-badger (M. moschata)
  • Javan ferret-badger (M. orientalis)
  • Burmese ferret-badger (M. personata)
Mustela
(Weasels)
  • Amazon weasel (M. africana)
  • Mountain weasel (M. altaica)
  • Stoat (M. erminea)
  • Steppe polecat (M. eversmannii)
  • Colombian weasel (M. felipei)
  • Long-tailed weasel (M. frenata)
  • Japanese weasel (M. itatsi)
  • Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah)
  • European mink (M. lutreola)
  • Indonesian mountain weasel (M. lutreolina)
  • Black-footed ferret (M. nigripes)
  • Least weasel (M. nivalis)
  • Malayan weasel (M. nudipes)
  • European polecat (M. putorius)
  • Siberian weasel (M. sibirica)
  • Back-striped weasel (M. strigidorsa)
  • Egyptian weasel (M. subpalmata)
Neovison
(Minks)
  • American mink (N. vison)
Poecilogale
  • African striped weasel (P. albinucha)
Taxidea
  • American badger (T. taxus)
Vormela
  • Marbled polecat (V. peregusna)
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