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The Liberian mongoose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Mark E. Taylor*
Affiliation:
Mark E. Taylor, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1 Al, Canada
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Abstract

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The Liberian mongoose Liberiictis kuhni, the only member of its genus, was described as a new species from skulls in 1958. The first two complete specimens were obtained as recently as 1974. Although several more animals have been captured since then, all in Liberia, the species's status and ecology remain poorly known. In 1988 the FFPS contributed £500 towards a field study of the mongoose in Liberia and while this expedition succeeded in finding only one animal that had been killed by a hunter, a subsequent attempt in 1989 was more successful.

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