Angolan kusimanse
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| Angolan Kusimanse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | 'Crossarchus' |
| Species: | ''C. ansorgei'' |
| Binomial name | |
| Crossarchus ansorgei Thomas, 1910
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| Angolan kusimanse range (green - extant, pink - probably extant) | |
The Angolan kusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei), also known as Ansorge's kusimanse, is a species of small mongoose. There are two recognized subspecies: C. a. ansorgei, found in Angola; and C. a. nigricolor, found in Zaire, which do not have overlapping ranges. It prefers rainforest type habitat, and avoid regions inhabited by humans. It grows to 12-18 inches in length, with a 6-10 inch long tail, and weighs 1-3 lb. Little is known about this species of kusimanse, and there are no estimates of its wild population numbers or status.
References
[edit]- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient