🐾Egyptian mongoose
Еги́петский мангу́ст, или фарао́нова кры́са, или фарао́нова мышь, или ихневмо́н (лат. Herpestes ichneumon) — вид животных рода мангусты (Herpestes); известен как священное животное древних египтян. Уже Геродот говорил, что в каждом городе ихневмона бальзамировали и погребали в священных местах. В Египте живёт по берегам рек и в густых тростниках, окружающих поля. Вне Африки обитает на Синайском полуострове, юго-востоке Турции, а также в Израиле, Ливане. Пища — мелкие млекопитающие и частично растительная. Иногда мангусты разоряют оставленные без внимания гнёзда крокодилов (за что египтяне их и почитали). Название «ихневмон» происходит от др.-греч. ἰχνεύμων, что значит «сыщик, следопыт» (ἴχνος — след).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 2.95 kg
- Body length
- 0.61 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Egyptian mongoose
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Body mass2.95 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.61 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass25 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length7.48 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation74 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range2.18 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Egyptian mongoose yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyHerpestidae
- ›genusHerpestes
- ›speciesHerpestes ichneumon
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyHerpestidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyHerpestidae
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