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Common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula), Africa's smallest carnivorous mammal. They eat insects, spiders, scorpions, small lizards, snakes, small birds, and rodents, and very occasionally berries. Seen at the San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks Habitat. Conservation status: least concern
Mongooses are primarily found in Africa, their range covering most of the continent. Some species occupy parts of southern Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. They are generally terrestrial mammals, but some are semi-aquatic, and others are at home in the treetops.
Mongooses live in burrows and are nondiscriminatory predators, feeding on small animals such as rodents, birds, reptiles, frogs, insects, and worms. Some species supplement their diet with fruits, nuts, and seeds. Creative hunters, they are known to break open bird eggs by throwing them with their forepaws toward a solid object.
I took this shot early one morning when we came upon a troupe of Mongooses sunning themselves in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
found foraging in the Kabini area in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, India
The Ruddy Mongoose is a large mongoose species that mainly lives in or near forests.
It is a very agile hunter foraging mainly on the ground but it is sometimes seen in trees. Its prey consists of rodents, birds, reptiles including snakes, and scorpions.
The upward curved tail as shown in the image, is typical for this species.
Endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
herpestes smithii
Indische rode mangoest
mangouste rouge indien
Indische Rotmanguste
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Watched a couple of these for about 30 minutes looking for food in some scrub land adjacent to a park in South Africa.
Watched a couple of these for about 30 minutes looking for food in some scrub land adjacent to a park in South Africa.
RKO_4535. This photo was taken on a very hot day in the wild at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa!
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Tarangire NP, Tanzania
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Die Zebramanguste ist eine Raubtierart. Sie ist in weiten Teilen Afrikas südlich der Sahara verbreitet und durch ihre Rückenstreifen charakterisiert. Sie lebt in Gruppen von meist 10 bis 20 Tieren und hat ein ausgeprägtes Sozialverhalten. Ihre Nahrung sind vorwiegend Insekten und andere Kleintiere.
The banded mongoose is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipede
The meerkat is a small mongoose of slim build characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout, long legs, a thin tapering tail and a brindled coat pattern. It is smaller than most other mongooses except the dwarf mongooses (genus Helogale) and possibly Galerella species
Taken Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country's 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. I spent four consecutive days within the park which provided an amazing variety of wildlife.
Taken Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country's 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. I spent four consecutive days within the park which provided an amazing variety of wildlife.
le regard d'une mangouste avec ses pupilles rectangulaires
the eyes of a mongoose with its rectangular pupils
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
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Mongooses have long faces and bodies, small, rounded ears, short legs, and long, tapering tails. Most are brindled or grizzly; a few have strongly marked coats which bear a striking resemblance to mustelids. Their nonretractile claws are used primarily for digging. Mongooses, much like goats, have narrow, ovular pupils. Most species have a large anal scent gland, used for territorial marking and signaling reproductive status.
While walking through the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii, the leaves near our feet started to move. Moments later, this mongoose poked his head around the corner. I don't know who was more surprised....Morrie or me.
We had just left the lodge early in the morning when we saw a group of mongooses foraging for food. They smelled every little nook and cranny in the ground searching for beetles, ants and worms.
Etosha National Park
Namibia