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Herpestidae

Known as: Herpestinae, Mongoose, Mongooses 
The family of agile, keen-sighted mongooses of Asia and Africa that feed on RODENTS and SNAKES.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Large-Scale Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals the Complex Evolutionary History of Rabies Virus in Multiple Carnivore Hosts
The natural evolution of rabies virus (RABV) provides a potent example of multiple host shifts and an important opportunity to… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses
Considerable research has focused on understanding variation in reproductive skew in cooperative animal societies, but the pace… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Cooperative Begging in Banded Mongoose Pups
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Hepatitis E virus infection in wild mongooses of Okinawa, Japan: Demonstration of anti-HEV antibodies and a full-genome nucleotide sequence.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Emerging Disease of Free-Ranging Wildlife
Expansion of ecotourism-based industries, changes in land-use practices, and escalating competition for resources have increased… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta
Evolutionary explanations of cooperative breeding based on kin selection have predicted that the individual contributions made by… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Behavioural and endocrine mechanisms of reproductive suppression in Serenge dwarf mongooses
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Weasels, civets, mongooses, and their relatives: an action plan for the conservation of mustelids and viverrids
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The sociality of solitary foragers: a model based on resource dispersion
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A Reassessment of Factors, Particularly Rattus rattus L., That Influenced the Decline of Endemic Forest Birds in the Hawaiian Islands
Between 1892 and 1930, 58 percent (30 taxa) of Hawaiian endemic forest birds either were greatly reduced or became extinct. The… 
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