Hose's mongoose

Hose's mongoose
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Herpestes
Species: H. brachyurus
Subspecies: H. b. hosei
Trinomial name
Herpestes brachyurus hosei
Synonyms

Herpestes hosei

Hose's mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus hosei) is a subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose,[1] but it is sometimes considered a separate species instead, Herpestes hosei.[2] It is only known from a single specimen, an adult female taken in the Baram district, Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1893. Apart from having reddish brown short hair, straighter claws and more slender, smaller skull with a less rounded coronoid process on the lower jaw, it resembles other subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 Francis, C.M. & Payne, J. (1985).A field guide to the mammals of Borneo. Malaysia: Sabah Society
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