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Herpestes galera
Vansire Van"sire, n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.] (Zo["o]l.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.
Herpestes griseus
Mongoose Mon"goose, Mongoos Mon"goos, n. (Zo["o]l.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
Herpestes nyula
Nyula Ny*u"la, n. (Zo["o]l.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.
Herpestes urva
Urva Ur"va, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.

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- Asia were classified as belonging to the genus Herpestes. In 1864, John Edward Gray listed 22 Herpestes species, which he considered as part of the Viverridae...
- Blyth in 1845 was based on mongooses observed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Herpestes palustris proposed by R. K. Ghose in 1965 was an adult male mongoose collected...
- 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-08-17. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Herpestes edwardsii. Wikispecies has information related to Herpestes edwardsii....
- reptiles and birds. The name is derived from names used in India for Herpestes species: muṅgūs or maṅgūs in classical Hindi; muṅgūs in Marathi; mungisa...
- The Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), also known as ichneumon (/ɪkˈnjuːmən/), is a mongoose species native to the tropical and subtropical gr****lands...
- Herpestes lemanensis is an extinct mongoose species that was excavated in Tertiary depositions in France and described by Auguste Pomel in 1853. Its body...
- are now considered subspecies: Herpestes exilis by Paul Gervais in 1841 was a specimen from Tourane in Vietnam. Herpestes rafflesii by John Anderson in...
- 2021-07-08. "Indian marsh mongoose Herpestes palustris Ghose". Archived from the original on 2003-09-08. Data related to Herpestes smithii at Wikispecies v t...
- Crab-eating mongoose, Herpestes urva". Small Carnivore Conservation (25): 12–17. Thapa, S. (2013). "Observations of Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva in eastern...
- monniera Hayata & Matsum. Bramia monnieri (L.) Pennell Gratiola monnieria L. Herpestes monnieria (L.) ****h Herpestis fauriei H.Lev. Herpestis monniera Herpestris...