Namaqua slender mongoose

{{Short description|Subspecies of carnivore}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Namaqua slender mongoose{{MSW3 Wozencraft|id=14000558}}

| image = 2009-slender-mongoose.jpg

| status = LR/lc

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Mustelid Specialist Group | year = 1996 | title = Galerella swalius | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41607/0 | access-date = 2008-04-15}}

| genus = Herpestes

| species = sanguineus

| species_link = Slender mongoose

| subspecies = swalius

| authority = Thomas, 1926

}}

The Namaqua slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus swalius), also known as the Namibian slender mongoose, is a subspecies of the common slender mongoose. It is endemic to Namibia. Originally described as Herpestes cauui swalius and considered separate from H. sanguineus on the basis and color and skull shape, it was provisionally placed in H. sanguineus but considered to possibly be a distinct species.{{cite journal|title=The species limits of Galerella sanguinea (Ruppell, 1836), G. pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) and G. nigrata (Thomas, 1928) in southern Africa (Carnivora: Viverridae)|last1=Watson|first1=J. P.|last2=Dippenaar|first2=N. J.|date=1987|journal=Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum |url=http://the-eis.com/elibrary/search/24380}} The characters used to distinguish them were later found to be non-diagnostic.{{Cite journal |last=Taylor |first=M.E. |last2=Goldman |first2=C.A. |date=1993 |title=The taxonomic status of the African mongooses, Herpestes sanguineus, H. nigratus, H. pulverulentus and H. ochraceus (Carnivora : Viverridae) |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mamm.1993.57.3.375/html |journal=Mammalia |volume=57 |issue=3 |doi=10.1515/mamm.1993.57.3.375 |issn=0025-1461|url-access=subscription }}