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Herpestes

Herpestes
Temporal range: Oligocene to present
Herpestes edwardsii at Hyderaba.jpg
Herpestes edwardsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Illiger, 1811
Species
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Herpestes is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It is the type genus of the family. It contains the following ten species, with a number of subspecies, and one extinct species:


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