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Herpestes

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n.1.A genus of carnivores including the mongooses.
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Noun1.Herpestes - mongooses
genus Herpestes
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Viverridae, family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae - genets; civets; mongooses
mongoose - agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
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The most noticeable of theft magical attributes was the mukaya wa nkuba, an apron made of the skin of a mukenge (Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon) or a mwidi (marsh mongoose, Atilax paludinosus) to which all kinds of defensive and offensive charms were attached.
Bwadi bwa Chikwanga: a ram mask of the Bakwa Luntu by Petridis, Constantine / African Arts
Seven of these genera, containing species of large body size, were eliminated from further consideration (Panthera, Helogale, Herpestes, Aonyx, Genetta, Phacochoerus, Manis).
Potential mammalian filovirus reservoirs by Johnson, Karl M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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