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Helogale

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Extant Species
References

{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Dwarf mongoose
| image= Bristol.zoo.dwarf.mongoose.arp.jpg
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Carnivora
| familia = Herpestidae
| genus = Helogale
| genus_authority = Gray, 1861
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =

Helogale hirtula
Helogale parvula

| range_map = Helogale.png
| range_map_caption = Helogale ranges
}}Helogale is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It consists of two species and 12 subspecies:^[1]

Extant Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Subspecies	Distribution
Helogale hirtula	Ethiopian dwarf mongoose H. hirtula hirtula H. hirtula ahlselli H. hirtula annulata H. hirtula lutescens H. hirtula powelli	eastern Africa, particularly Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Helogale parvula	Common dwarf mongoose H. parvula parvula H. parvula ivori H. parvula mimetra H. parvula nero H. parvula ruficeps H. parvula undulatus H. parvula varia	East to southern Central Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia to the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the Republic of South Africa.

The helogales are the smallest species of mongooses and both are endemic to Africa. The distribution of the Ethiopian dwarf mongoose is more tropical, and overlaps completely with that of the common dwarf mongoose, which is more widespread. Both are social diurnal species, and due to their small sizes they are vulnerable to predation. Both species live independently of open water.

References

1. ^{{MSW3 | id= 14000561 | heading = Helogale}}

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, 1997, Jonathan Kingdon. {{ISBN|0-12-408355-2}}
Anne Rasa: Mongoose Watch: A Family Observed, 1985, John Murray. {{ISBN|0-7195-4240-5}}

2 : Mongooses|Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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