Common dwarf mongoose
| Common dwarf mongoose | |
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| in Kruger National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Helogale |
| Species: | H. parvula
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| Binomial name | |
| Helogale parvula Sundevall, 1847
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| native range | |
The common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) is a mongoose species native to Angola, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Zambia and East Africa. It is part of the genus Helogale, along with the Ethiopian dwarf mongoose.