Somalian slender mongoose

{{short description|Species of mongoose from Somalia}}

{{speciesbox

| image = HerpestesOchraceusWolf.jpg

| name = Somalian slender mongoose

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |title=Herpestes ochraceus |author=Taylor, M.E. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Do Linh San, E. |year=2015 |page=e.T41605A86159385}}

| genus = Herpestes

| species = ochraceus{{MSW3 Wozencraft|id=14000525 |heading=Species Galerella ochracea}}

| authority = Gray, 1848

| range_map = Somali Slender Mongoose area.png

| range_map_caption = Somalian slender mongoose range

| synonyms = Galerella ochracea

}}

The Somalian slender mongoose (Herpestes ochraceus) is a small mammal found in Somalia and adjacent regions. It is a small to medium-sized carnivoran, averaging about {{cvt|0.6|kg}} in weight.{{cite book |author=Kingdon, J. |year= |title=Mammals of Africa |volume= |pages=303}}

It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1848, based on a male brownish yellow mongoose collected in Somalia.{{cite journal |author=Gray, J.E. |year=1848 |title=Description of a new species of Herpestes, from Abyssinia |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |issue=November |pages=138–139 |url=https://archive.org/details/lietuvostsrmoksl48liet/page/n185/mode/1up}}