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Marsh mongoose

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q855597

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
A. paludinosus[7]
Gestation period
+74.5[16]
Has characteristic
viviparity[6]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+2.5[18]
Longest observed lifespan
+20.8[17]
Mass
+108.5[15]
Parent taxon
Atilax[4]
Taxon common name
Marsh mongoose, Mangouste des marais, Marsh Mongoose, Water Mongoose, Sumpfichneumon, Sumpfmanguste, Wassermanguste, Vansire[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Taxon name
Atilax paludinosus[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Atilax paludinosus en Marsh mongoose ar نمس الهور cs Atilax paludinosus cs promyka bažinná de Sumpfmanguste de Atilax paludinosus de Wassermanguste de Sumpfichneumon el Μαγκούστα του βάλτου es Mangosta de los pantanos fa خدنگ مرداب fr Mangouste des marais fr Vansire he נמיית מרש hu mocsári manguszta id Garangan rawa it Mangusta acquatica it Mangusta di palude ja ヌママングース
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (22548192738).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Atilax_paludinosus
ARKive ID (archived)
atilax-paludinosus, marsh-mongoose/atilax-paludinosus
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1006036
BOLD Systems taxon ID
73255
CalPhotos taxon ID
Atilax+paludinosus
Catalogue of Life ID
JGJB
EBiodiversity ID
38005
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1038688
Fossilworks taxon ID
232108
Freebase ID
/m/077f_k
GBIF taxon ID
2434188
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INaturalist taxon ID
41919
IRMNG ID
10604764
ITIS TSN
621880
IUCN taxon ID
41590
KBpedia ID
MarshMongoose
MSW ID
14000479
NCBI taxonomy ID
210642
Observation.org taxon ID
81907
Open Tree of Life ID
750141
Queensland Biota ID
19640
UMLS CUI
C1460838
Xeno-canto species ID
Atilax-paludinosus
Yale LUX ID
concept/f9e4cf58-9e1b-4242-a1b2-06cb839d3a50

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Atilax
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Marsh mongoose is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivans. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Atilax paludinosus. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Atilax paludinosus. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Atilax paludinosus. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+74.5'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2.5'}
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Atilax
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
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