Nguchiro

Nguchiro
Nguchiro mwembamba (Galerella sanguinea)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Mammalia (Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha wadogo wao) Oda: Carnivora (Wanyama mbua) Nusuoda: Feliformia (Wanyama kama paka) Familia: Herpestidae (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na Nguchiro) Bonaparte, 1845
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 13: Atilax Cuvier, 1826 Bdeogale Peters, 1850 Crossarchus Cuvier, 1825 Cynictis Ogilby, 1833 Dologale Thomas, 1926 Galerella Gray, 1864 Helogale Gray, 1862 Herpestes Illiger, 1811 Ichneumia Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 Liberiictis Hayman, 1958 Mungos Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795 Paracynictis Pocock, 1916 Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 Suricata Desmarest, 1804
Usambazaji wa nguchiro (kuna spishi zaidi ambapo rangi ni nzito zaidi)

Nguchiro (Kiing. mongoose) ni wanyama wadogo kiasi wa familia Herpestidae. Kuna spishi nne huko Madagaska ziitwazo nguchiro pia (nguchiro-bukini) na ambazo ziliainishwa katika Herpestidae, lakini malinganisho ya ADN yameonyesha kwamba spishi hizi zina mnasaba zaidi na spishi za Eupleridae. Sasa zimepewa nusufamilia yao binafsi Galidiinae. Nguchiro wa kweli wanatokea Afrika, Asia na Ulaya ya kusini. Wamewasilishwa katika visiwa kadhaa vya Karibi na Hawaii ambapo wamekuwa usumbufu.

Wanyama hawa ni warefu na wembamba na wana mkia mrefu wenye manyoya mengi. Wanafanana na chororo lakini wako wakubwa zaidi. Rangi yao ni hudhurungi, kahawia, kijivu au nyeusi. Wao ni wanyama mbua na hula wadudu, kaa, nyungunyungu, mijusi, nyoka, ndege na wagugunaji, na mara nyingi mayai na mizoga pia. Nguchiro hujulikana kwa uwezo wao wa kuua nyoka na kukinga sumu yao. Huishi peke yao au kwa makundi (k.m. nguchiro miraba na nguchiro-jangwa) na hukiakia mchana lakini pengine usiku pia.

Spishi za Afrika

• Atilax paludinosus, Nguchiro-maji (Marsh Mongoose)
• Bdeogale crassicauda, Nguchiro Kijivu au Kitu (Bushy-tailed Mongoose)
• Bdeogale jacksoni, Nguchiro wa Jackson au Kitu-milima (Jackson's Mongoose)
• Bdeogale nigripes, Nguchiro Miguu-myeusi (Black-footed Mongoose)
• Bdeogale omnivora, Nguchiro-pwani au Kitu wa Sokoke (Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose)
• Crossarchus alexandri, Nguchiro wa Alexander (Alexander's Kusimanse)
• Crossarchus ansorgei, Nguchiro wa Angola (Angolan Kusimanse)
• Crossarchus obscurus, Nguchiro Magharibi (Common Kusimanse)
• Crossarchus platycephalus, Nguchiro Kichwa-kipana (Flat-headed Kusimanse)
• Cynictis penicillata, Nguchiro Njano (Yellow Mongoose)
• Dologale dybowskii, Nguchiro wa Pousargues Pousargues's Mongoose)
• Galerella flavescens, Nguchiro Mwembamba wa Angola (Angolan Slender Mongoose)
• Galerella nigrata, Nguchiro Mweusi (Black Mongoose)
• Galerella ochracea, Nguchiro Mwembamba Somali (Somali Slender Mongoose)
• Galerella pulverulenta, Nguchiro Kusi (Cape Gray Mongoose)
• Galerella sanguinea, Nguchiro Mwembamba Slender Mongoose)
• Helogale hirtula, Nguchiro Mdogo Somali au Kitafe Somali (Somali Dwarf Mongoose)
• Helogale parvula, Nguchiro Mdogo wa Kawaida au Kitafe wa Kawaida (Common Dwarf Mongoose)
• Herpestes ichneumon, Nguchiro Mkubwa (Egyptian Mongoose)
• Herpestes naso, Nguchiro Pua-ndefu (Long-nosed Mongoose)
• Ichneumia albicauda, Nguchiro Mkia-mweupe au Karambago (White-tailed Mongoose)
• Liberiictis kuhni, Nguchiro wa Liberia (Liberian Mongoose)
• Mungos gambianus, Nguchiro wa Gambia (Gambian Mongoose)
• Mungos mungo, Nguchiro Miraba (Banded Mongoose)
• Paracynictis selousi, Nguchiro wa Selous (Selous' Mongoose)
• Rhynchogale melleri, Nguchiro wa Meller (Meller's Mongoose)
• Suricata suricatta, Nguchiro-jangwa (Meerkat)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Herpestes brachyurus, Nguchiro Mkia-mfupi (Short-tailed Mongoose)
• Herpestes edwardsii, Nguchiro Kijivu wa Uhindi (Indian Gray Mongoose)
• Herpestes fuscus, Nguchiro Kahawia wa Uhindi (Indian Brown Mongoose)
• Herpestes javanicus, Nguchiro Mdogo wa Asia (Small Asian Mongoose)
• Herpestes semitorquatus, Nguchiro Koo-jeupe (Collared Mongoose)
• Herpestes smithii, Nguchiro Uso-mwekundu (Ruddy Mongoose)
• Herpestes urva, Nguchiro Mlakaa (Crab-eating Mongoose)
• Herpestes vitticollis, Nguchiro Shingo-milia (Stripe-necked Mongoose)

Picha

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  Nguchiro-maji
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  Nguchiro magharibi
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  Nguchiro njano
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  Nguchiro wa Pousargues
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  Nguchiro mwembamba wa Angola
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  Nguchiro mweusi
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  Nguchiro kusi
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  Nguchiro mwembamba
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  Nguchiro mdogo wa kawaida
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  Nguchiro mkubwa
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  Nguchiro mkia-mweupe
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  Nguchiro miraba
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  Nguchiro wa Meller
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  Nguchiro-jangwa

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  Nguchiro kijivu wa Uhindi
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  Nguchiro katika Hifadhi ya Taifa Serengeti Tanzania
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  Nguchiro kahawia wa Uhindi
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  Nguchiro mdogo wa Asia
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  Nguchiro uso-mwekundu
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  Nguchiro shingo-milia

Soma pia

• Rasa, Anne (1986). Mongoose Watch: A Family Observed. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday & Co.
• Hinton, H. E.; Dunn, A. M. S. (1967). Mongooses: Their Natural History and Behaviour. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)