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16 April 2014 - Diergaarde Amersfoort (Zoo), Amersfoort, The Netherlands.  Captive Yellow Mongoose / Vosmangoest (Cynictis penicillata).   Click a link and you'll go to the page for that rank in the biological classification on Schaapmans' Wildlife Spotting.  Biological Classification  kingdom: Animalia; Animals / Dierenrijk phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden class: Mammalia; Mammals / Zoogdieren order: Carnivora; Carnivores / Carnivoren suborder: Feliformia; Cat-like Carnivores / Katachtigen infraorder: Viverroidea; Civets, Hyenas, Mongooses / Civetten, Hyena's, Mangoesten family: Herpestidae; Mongooses / Mangoesten subfamily: Herpestinae; Mongooses / Mangoesten genus: Cynictis; Yellow Mongooses / Vosmangoesten species: Cynictis penicillata; Yellow Mongoose or Red Meerkat / Vosmangoest of Rode Meerkat