- Angolan Slender Mongoose
Taxobox
name = Angolan Slender Mongoose
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Mustelid Specialist Group | year = 1996 | title = Galerella flavescens | id = 41599 | downloaded =2007-01-18 ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Carnivora
familia =Herpestidae
genus = "Galerella "
species = "G. flavescens"
binomial = "Galerella flavescens"
binomial_authority = (Bocage, 1889)The Angolan Slender Mongoose ("Galerella flavescens") is a
mongoose that lives insouthern Africa , specificallyAngola andNamibia . It lives in thesavannah and avoids desert and dense forestsThis animal has a long slim body and the males are around 15% bigger than the females. It has 38 teeth.
Males do not help in raising the young. The young open their eyes at 3 weeks and leave their mother at around 10 weeks and at 24 weeks get their adult teeth.
References
External links
* [http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=158 "Lioncrusher's Domain" listing]
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