Encyclopedia of DesertsArchived 2017-02-16 at the वेबैक मशीन, Michael A. Mares, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, pp. 372, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8061-3146-7, ... Mongoose: Common name referring to the species of small carnivores in the family Herpestidae (mammalian order Carnivora). There are two subfamilies: the Madagascar mongooses (Galidiinae, 4 genera and 5 species); and the African and Asian mongooses (Herpestinae, 14 genera and 32 species) ...
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Encyclopedia of DesertsArchived 2017-02-16 at the वेबैक मशीन, Michael A. Mares, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, pp. 372, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8061-3146-7, ... Mongoose: Common name referring to the species of small carnivores in the family Herpestidae (mammalian order Carnivora). There are two subfamilies: the Madagascar mongooses (Galidiinae, 4 genera and 5 species); and the African and Asian mongooses (Herpestinae, 14 genera and 32 species) ...