#mongoose  agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
  supertype:  viverrine_mammal__viverrinemammal__viverrine  small catlike predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
  member of:  genus_Herpestes
  subtype:  Indian_mongoose__Herpestes_nyula  keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated
  subtype:  Herpestes_ichneumon__ichneumon  North African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs

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