Common slender mongoose

Common slender mongoose
	Common slender mongoose in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. sanguineus
Binomial name
	Herpestes sanguineus; Rüppell, 1835
	native range
Synonyms
	List Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1836) ; Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell, 1835 ; Galerella sanguinea canus (Wroughton, 1907) ; Galerella sanguinea cauui (A. Smith, 1836) ; Galerella sanguinea dasilvai (Roberts, 1938) ; Galerella sanguinea dentifer (Heller, 1913) ; Mungos dentifer Heller, 1913 ; Galerella sanguinea galbus (Wroughton, 1909) ; Galerella sanguinea gracilis (Rüppell, 1835) ; Herpestes gracilis Rüppell, 1836 ; Galerella sanguinea grantii (Gray, 1865) ; Galerella sanguinea ibeae (Wroughton, 1907) ; Galerella sanguinea ignitus (Roberts, 1913) ; Galerella sanguinea lancasteri (Roberts, 1932) ; Galerella sanguinea melanura (Martin, 1836) ; Galerella sanguinea mossambica (Matschie, 1914) ; Galerella sanguinea mustela Schwarz, 1935 ; Galerella sanguinea mutgigella (Rüppell, 1835) ; Herpestes mutgigella Rüppell, 1836 ; Galerella sanguinea orestes (Heller, 1911) ; Galerella sanguinea parvipes (Hollister, 1916) ; Galerella sanguinea phoenicurus (Thomas, 1912) ; Galerella sanguinea proteus (Thomas, 1907) ; Galerella sanguinea rendilis (Lönnberg, 1912) ; Galerella sanguinea saharae (Thomas, 1925) ; Galerella sanguinea sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) ; Galerella sanguinea swalius (Thomas, 1926) ; Galerella swalius (Thomas, 1926) ; Galerella sanguinea swinnyi (Roberts, 1913) ; Galerella sanguinea ugandae (Wroughton, 1909) ; ;

The common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose, the black-tailed mongoose, or just the slender mongoose is a very common mongoose species native to sub-Saharan Africa.