Least ConcernBanded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
One of the 4 mongooses on WAnimals
Mammals · Carnivora · Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It is an unusually resilient natural reservoir of rabies: certain genetic strains of this species can carry the virus without symptoms yet infectiously for years, without developing the disease, unlike most African mammals.
Weight
450 g – 900 g
Size
26.5 cm – 46 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Colony
Lives in large concentrations, often for breeding reasons.
Sources consulted: Marwell Zoo · AnAge · Animal Diversity Web · Animalia.bio · Grokipedia · Wikipedia · Wilderness Insider · PMC
Best time: All year round in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, by day; it often shares burrows with meerkats and ground squirrels.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 18.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Yellow Mongoose — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about yellow mongoose.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
