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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Herpestidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Herpestidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Kissling et al, 2014, Afghanistan Species List, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, China Species List, Croatia Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Fiji Species List, Gabon Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Grenada Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Israel Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palestine Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, Vietnam Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, OBIS environmental data records, United States Species List, and Lovegrove 2014

Alternative Names

Cynictidae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Herpestinae Bonaparte 1845
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
? dialeucos Hollister, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gambianus Ogilby, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? loandae Thomas, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rubrifons Allen, 1909
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? urva Hodgson, 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Beleogale Peters 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cynictidae
Herpestinae
Synonym according to NCBI
Herpestinae Bonaparte 1845
Herpestinae Bonaparte 1845
Herpestinae Bonaparte 1845
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Urva Hodgson 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Unidentified Herpestidae
mongooses preferred

Afrikaans

Muishond preferred
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Albanian

Mongozi preferred
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Amharic

ፋሮ preferred
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Arabic

سموريات preferred
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Armenian

մանգուստներ preferred
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Assamese

নেউল preferred
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Avaric

Мангуст preferred
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Basque

Mangosta preferred
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Belarusian

vангуставыя preferred
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Мангуставыя

Bengali

বেজি preferred
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Bosnian

Mungos preferred
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Bulgarian

мангустови preferred
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Burmese

မြွေပါ preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Mangosta preferred
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Chinese

獴科 preferred
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Croatian

Mungosi preferred
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Czech

promykovití preferred
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Dagbani

ŋɔɣu preferred
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Danish

Manguster preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

mangoesten preferred
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Esperanto

Mungotedoj preferred
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Estonian

mangustlased preferred
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Finnish

Mangustit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Galician

Mangosta preferred
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German

Mangusten preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Μαγκούστα preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Mangous preferred
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Hebrew

נמייתיים preferred
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Hindi

नेवला preferred
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Hungarian

mongúzfélék preferred
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Icelandic

Mangar preferred
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Ido

Mangusto preferred
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Indonesian

Cerpelai preferred
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Irish

mongús preferred
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Japanese

マングース科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Javanese

garangan preferred
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Kannada

ಮುಂಗುಸಿ preferred
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Kashmiri

نوٗل preferred
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Kazakh

Мангуст тұқымдасы preferred
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Korean

몽구스 preferred
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Lao

ວົງຈອນພອນ preferred
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Latvian

Mangustu dzimta preferred
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Lithuanian

Mangustiniai preferred
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Macedonian

Мунгоси preferred
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Malay

Cerpelai preferred
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Malayalam

കീരി preferred
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Marathi

मुंगूस preferred
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Meadow Mari

Мангуст-влак preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Dlǫ́ʼii yił Aheedaałtʼéhígíí preferred
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Nepali

न्याउरी preferred
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North Frisian

Mangusten preferred
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Norwegian

Mungofamilien preferred
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mungofamilien preferred
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Persian

خدنگ preferred
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Polish

Mangustowate preferred
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Punjabi

ਨਿਓਲਾ preferred
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Russian

мангустовые preferred
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Sardinian

Mangusta preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Mongùs preferred
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Serbian

Мунгоси preferred
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Shambala

Mungosi preferred
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Shona

Jerenyenje preferred
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Sindhi

نور preferred
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Sinhalese

මුගටියෝ preferred
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Sundanese

Lasun preferred
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Swahili

Nguchiro preferred
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Swedish

Manguster preferred
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Tamil

கீரி preferred
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Telugu

ముంగిస preferred
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Thai

วงศ์พังพอน preferred
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Turkish

Kuyruksürengiller preferred
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Ukrainian

мангустові preferred
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Unspecified

guritcoleem preferred
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kólóm mɔ᷅ɗòr preferred
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nǣderbita preferred
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नेऊर preferred
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Urdu

نیولا preferred
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Western Frisian

Mangoesten preferred
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Wu

獴科 preferred
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Arz

سموريات preferred
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Azb

هرپستیده preferred
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Ckb

ڕزق preferred
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Hif

Naura preferred
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Nan

Bông-ko preferred
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Pnb

مونگوز preferred
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Tcy

ಮುಂಗುಲಿ preferred
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Yue

獴科 preferred
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Zh Cn

獴科 preferred
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Zh Tw

獴科 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Herpestidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora