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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Herpestidae > Genus: Herpestes > Species: Herpestes ichneumon

Egyptian mongoose - Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub
May also occur in	rivers and lakes sparsely vegetated land wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	1359

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Egipatski mungos	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Egyiptomi mongúz	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Egyptian mongoose	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Egyptisk mungo	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Faaraomungo	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Faraorotte	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Faraorotte	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Faraósmangi	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Firavun faresi	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ichneumon	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ichneumon	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ichneumon	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ihneumon	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mangoeste	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mangouste ichneumon	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Manguço	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mangusta egipska	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mangusta egiziana	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Meloncillo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mungo	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Navadni mungo	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sacarrabos	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Reportnet deliveries

Files delivered through Reportnet with relevance to this species.

3 items found, displaying all items.1

Released	Coverage	Envelope	File
2013-09-18	Portugal	Relatorio nacional sobre a implementacao da Directiva Habitats 2013	PT_species_reports.xml
2013-09-11	Spain	Habitats Directive: Report Art.17 2007-2012	ES_species_reports
2008-07-07	Spain	Spain's delivery of 3 July	Herpestes ichneumon

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