Mungoos
or MONGOOSE, Herpestes griseus, an ichneumon, parts of India, and closely akin to the non , common in many Egyptian species, H. ichneumon. The mungoos is a weasel-like animal, tawny yellowish-gray, the head with reddish and yellow rings, the colors so disposed as to produce an iron-gray hue. Length of body 16 or 17 inches, of tail 14. It kills numerous birds, sucking their blood 5,185; (1920) 6,418.
O., in 1843; graduated from Chattanooga 5,185; (1920) 6,418. factories of steel products. Pop. (1910) University; served in an Indiana regi-