page_title: List of mammals of the Republic of the Congo
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Republic of the Congo / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: Mellivora capensis cottoni
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Republic of the Congo. Of the mammal species in the Republic of the Congo, five are endangered, nine are vulnerable, and four are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
  Suborder: Feliformia
  Family: Felidae
  Subfamily: Felinae
  Genus: Leptailurus
  Serval, Leptailurus serval LC
  Genus: Caracal
  African golden cat, Caracal aurata VU
  Subfamily: Pantherinae
  Genus: Panthera
  Leopard, Panthera pardus VU
  Family: Viverridae
  Subfamily: Viverrinae
  Genus: Civettictis
  African civet, Civettictis civetta LC
  Genus: Genetta
  Servaline genet, Genetta servalina LC
  Genus: Poiana
  Central African oyan, Poiana richardsonii LC
  Family: Nandiniidae
  Genus: Nandinia
  African palm civet, Nandinia binotata LC
  Family: Herpestidae
  Genus: Bdeogale
  Black-footed mongoose, Bdeogale nigripes LC
  Genus: Crossarchus
  Alexander's kusimanse, Crossarchus alexandri LC
  Genus: Galerella
  Slender mongoose, Galerella sanguinea LC
  Genus: Herpestes
  Long-nosed mongoose, Herpestes naso LC
  Family: Hyaenidae
  Genus: Crocuta
  Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta LC
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Mustelidae
  Genus: Ictonyx
  Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus LC
  Genus: Mellivora
  Ratel, Mellivora capensis LC
  Genus: Lutra
  Speckle-throated otter, Lutra maculicollis LC
  Genus: Aonyx
  African clawless otter, Aonyx capensis NT
caption: Black ratel (M. c. cottoni), a pure black subspecies of honey badger native to the Congo
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