Liberian mongoose
| Liberian mongoose | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Liberiictis Hayman, 1958 |
| Species: | L. kuhni |
| Binomial name | |
| Liberiictis kuhni Hayman, 1958 | |
| Range of the Liberian mongoose | |
The Liberian mongoose (Liberiictis kuhni) is a mongoose species native to Liberia and Ivory Coast. It is the only member of the genus Liberiictis. Phylogenetic analysis shows it is closely related to other small, social mongooses and that the banded mongoose is its closest relative.