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Herpestes
Herpestes
Translingual
Proper noun
Herpestes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – the mongooses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Placentalia - cohort; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Herpestidae - family; Herpestinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Herpestes ichneumon - type species; for other species see Herpestes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia