vansire

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A large, stout ichneumon of southern and western Africa, Herpestes galera, the marsh ichneumon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun zoology An ichneumon, Herpestes galera, native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.