Pousargues's mongoose
| Pousargues's mongoose | |
|---|---|
| Wild Pousargues's mongoose in the Chinko Project Area | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Dologale Thomas, 1920 |
| Species: | D. dybowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Dologale dybowskii Pousargues, 1893 | |
| Pousargues's mongoose range | |
Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii), also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. It is the only species in the genus Dologale.
Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections.