Mongoose - Slender, Dwarf, Yellow Mongoose
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Slender Mongoose: It has just emerged from its burrows. It makes its home also in tree hollows, old termite mounds, etc. Its diet consists of a wide variety such as insects, small reptiles, wild fruit, and carrion of all kinds. Their hair color varies. They have the ability to climb trees for protection. [Masuma, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe]
A Slender Mongoose, lighter in color then the preceding one, drinking. [Big Tom's, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe].
A Slender Mongoose is lying motionlessly under a log, and probably thinking that it cannot be seen. [Khwai, Moremi NP, Botswana].
Two Dwarf Mongooses in their hollow-log den. [Sabi Sabi, South Africa].
A Dwarf Mongoose colony has converted an abandoned termite mound into a multi-exit burrow for 20-30 individuals. This mongoose species is the smallest carnivore in Africa. It only weighs about one-half pound. It will eat carrion, insects, and small rodents. [Moremi NP, Botswana].
Some members of a resident family of Yellow Mongooses are playing on--and live in--this abandoned termite mound which their family has extensively modified with many tunnels and portals.They weigh about 1-1/2 pounds. [Khwai, Moremi NP, Botswana].
Yellow Mongoose Family playing in front of a termite mound in which the resident family has made multiple entrances to access their warren. [Khwai, Moremi NP, Botswana].
A Banded Mongoose family gathered in this clearing one late afternoon. Note the one standing on its hind legs is probably doing security duty. A characteristic behavior of mongooses & suricates. [Mona Pools, Zimbabwe].
