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  • In a classic example of government heavy-handedness, Chinese authorities immediately set about the slaughter of China's mongoose-like civet cats -- believed to be the animal source of the SARS virus -- in time for a Jan. 10 deadline.

    PERISCOPE 2007

  • (Note to the Recording Industry of America Association's mongoose-like lawyers: This was purely for journalistic research purposes.)

    Archive 2001-12-30 Steve Sailer 2001

  • (Note to the Recording Industry of America Association's mongoose-like lawyers: This was purely for journalistic research purposes.)

    Have you ever heard a Kwanzaa song? Steve Sailer 2001

  • Makira-Masoala Landscape, one of the largest tracts of rainforest in Madagascar, has traditionally supplied local people with 23 different species of mammals to eat, including lemurs, mongoose-like carnivores that aren't found anywhere else in the world.

    News 2011

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    Spero News 2010

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Only small species such as lemurs, the island's signature species; hedgehog-like tenrecs; rodents; mongoose-like carnivores; and similar animals populate the island.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010

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