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mongoose
Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of 34〔Vaughan, Terry A.; James M. Ryan; Nicholas J. Czaplewski (2010). ''Mammalogy''. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 300. ISBN 0-7637-6299-7〕 species in the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae, which are small carnivorans that are native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. The other five species in the family are the four kusimanses in the genus ''Crossarchus'', and the only species in the genus ''Suricata'': ''Suricata suricatta'', commonly called meerkat in English.
Six species in family Eupleridae, endemic to the island of Madagascar, are also called "mongoose" and were originally classified as a genus within the Herpestidae family, but genetic evidence has since shown that they are more closely related to other Madagascar carnivorans in the family Eupleridae; they have, since 2006, been classified in the subfamily Galidiinae within Eupleridae.
Herpestidae is placed within the suborder Feliformia, together with the cat, hyena, and civet families.
==Name==
The word "mongoose" is derived from the Marathi name ' () (pronounced as ). The form of the English name (since 1698) was altered to its "-goose" ending by folk-etymology.〔Forsyth, Mark (2012). (''The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language'' ). Penguin. ISBN 1101611766. Retrieved June 16, 2013.〕 It has no etymological connection with the word goose. Historically, it has also been spelled "mungoose".〔Lydekker, R. 1894. A hand-book to the Carnivora. Part 1, Cats, civets, and mungooses. London: Allen.〕 The plural form is mongooses,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dictionary.com: mongoose )''〕 or, rarely, mongeese.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Merriam-Webster: mongoose )〕
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