Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) Čeština: Dřevořez "Ichneumon" od neznámého autora.
English: Engraving "Ichneumon" by unknown author.
Date circa 1560
Source Bc. Zuzana Hlavicová; Jan Willenberg, knižní ilustrace; diplomová práce - Masarykova univerzita; 2008; příloha V; http://is.muni.cz/th/119774/ff_m/Jan_Willenberg__knizni_ilustrace.pdf - in: Conrad Gesner, Thierbuch, Zürich 1583, s. 167.
Author unknown author
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezn%C3%A1m%C3%BD_-_Ichneumon.png
The Egyptian mongoose or the ichneumon (Herpestes ichneumon) is a species of mongoose. The Egyptian mongooses can be found in Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Palestine, and most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for central Democratic Republic of the Congo, western South Africa, and Namibia.