Alexander's kusimanse

Alexander's kusimanse, Crossarchus alexandri, is a small, short-legged mongoose native to Central African rainforests, largely restricted to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda and parts of the Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic. Oldfield Thomas and R. C. Wroughton described it in 1907 from specimens collected by Boyd Alexander, after whom it is named. It measures about 375 to 437 millimeters in body length with a tail of 243 to 318 millimeters, and it has brownish black fur with tinges of gray, a long snout with pale buff lips and small brownish ears. It is social, forages in groups of up to 20 individuals, sleeps in hollow trunks and logs, and feeds on grubs, small animals and fruit. It is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.