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Card 52/142

Name

Herpestes ichneumon

Egyptian mongoose

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Suborder: Feliformia

Family: Herpestidae

Genus: Herpestes

Species: ichneumon

Habitat

Terrestrial. Mediterranean scrub

Feeding

Carnivorous (sometimes includes some plant matter)

Distribution

Africa, Middle East and Iberian Peninsula (mainly in the southwest but expanding to other areas in the last decades)

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC) globally (IUCN, 2016). Similar situation in Spain

Additional information

Elongated, projectile-shaped body. Short legs. Long tail, broad at the base and narrow at the end, which is black. Alternating light cream and dark brown hairs.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Palomares, F. (1990). Ecología y organización social del meloncillo, Herpestes ichneumon, L., en el Parque Nacional de Doñana. Tesis Doctoral. Universidad de Granada. Disponible en biblioteca UGR.

- Palomares, F. (2007). Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758). En Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos terrestres de España (pp. 327-329). Palomo, L. J., Gisbert, J., & Blanco, J. C. (eds). Dirección General de Biodiversidad – SECEM-SECEMU. Accesible en: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales/ieet_mami_herpestes_ichneumon_tcm30-99809.pdf

- Palomares, F. (2016). El meloncillo. En El libro de los Carnívoros (pp. 235-245). Lozano, J., & Lacasa, M. (Eds). Editorial Photodigiscoping.

- Palomares, F. (2020). El meloncillo. Monografías Zoológicas – Serie Ibérica- Volumen 8. Tundra Ediciones.