Dwarf Mongoose
Kruger National Park
09h45
Dwarf mongoose is the smallest of the mongoose family Herpestidae and is highly social living in cohesive groups of three to 30 individuals that collectively engage in cooperative breeding, territory defense, sentry duties to look out for predators, babysitting and grooming.
Within each group there is rigid hierarchy with a single breeding pair which is dominant and which suppresses reproduction of all other group members.
Dwarf mongooses are active during the day in relatively open habitats were they mainly feed on insects but are also known to prey on snakes, lizards and small mammals.
Dwarf Mongoose
Kruger National Park
09h45
Dwarf mongoose is the smallest of the mongoose family Herpestidae and is highly social living in cohesive groups of three to 30 individuals that collectively engage in cooperative breeding, territory defense, sentry duties to look out for predators, babysitting and grooming.
Within each group there is rigid hierarchy with a single breeding pair which is dominant and which suppresses reproduction of all other group members.
Dwarf mongooses are active during the day in relatively open habitats were they mainly feed on insects but are also known to prey on snakes, lizards and small mammals.