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Helogale hirtula
Sign in to saveAlso known as Somali Dwarf Mongoose, Desert Dwarf Mongoose, Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose, Somali dwarf mongoose, Ethiopian dwarf mongoose
species of mammal
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyHerpestidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Herpestidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, TM, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Pays Non Identifié
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Helogale hirtula
- Commons category
- Helogale hirtula
- taxon common name
- Östliche Zwergmanguste
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ethiopian dwarf mongoose (Helogale hirtula), also known as the desert dwarf mongoose or Somali dwarf mongoose, is a mongoose native to East Africa, particularly Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
The Ethiopian dwarf mongoose sends out warning calls to its family if a predator is detected. It also produces general alarm calls when danger is not present. These calls have different pitches which indicate different levels of urgency for the family, could convey the predator's species, distance and elevation to the family all through alarm calls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helogale hirtula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.