Species Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) (Banded mongoose)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Carnivora
  • ---- family: Herpestidae
  • ----- species: Mungos mungo
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 30-45 cm; the colour varies from light grey to reddish-brown with dark crossbands on the back; the ears are small and round; the snout is pointed;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 160
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-07-28
Place: unknown
Creator: unknown (JP)
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-07-28
Place: unknown
Creator: unknown (JP)
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31663466
Creator: Daderot
Permission: Public Domain
Comments: English: 1=Exhibit in the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.

Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31501555
Date: 2013-08-26
Creator: Biodiversity Heritage Library
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: A handbook to the carnivora :. London :E. Lloyd,1896.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14819969

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