Angolan kusimanse

Angolan kusimanse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Crossarchus
Species:	C. ansorgei
Binomial name
Crossarchus ansorgei Thomas, 1910
Angolan kusimanse range (green - extant, pink - probably extant)

The Angolan kusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei), also known as Ansorge's kusimanse, is a

, and there are no estimates of its wild population numbers or status. Until 1984, the species was only known from two specimens from Baringa but are now thought to be quite common in some regions. Threats are probably habitat loss and bushmeat hunting. However, this species is protected by Salonga National Park.

References

External links

• University of Rome: Crossarchus ansorgei