Assertion: mongoose | /r/PartOf | the subfamily herpestiæ
Facets:
value: properly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: But the mongoose differs materially from the civet cats, for it belongs properly to the subfamily Herpestiæ, or ichneumons, having toes slender and straight, and separate from one another; the scent glands, so highly developed in the civet cat, being either small or entirely absent.