Hose's mongoose

Hose's mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus hosei) is a subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose,^[1] but it is sometimes considered a separate species instead, Herpestes hosei.^[2] It is only known from a single specimen, an adult female taken in the Baram district, Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1893. Apart from having reddish brown short hair, straighter claws and more slender, smaller skull with a less rounded coronoid process on the lower jaw, it resembles other subspecies of the short-tailed mongoose.^[2]

Hose's mongoose
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Herpestes
Species:	H. brachyurus
Subspecies:	H. b. hosei
Trinomial name
Herpestes brachyurus hosei Jentink, 1903
Synonyms
Herpestes hosei