Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo / Banded mongoose
- Habitat
- dry grass and savannah landscapes, open forest landscapes
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Invertebrates such as insects and arachnids, small vertebrates
- Gestation/breeding period
- about 63 days
- Mode of life
- very social family groups with up to 25 animals
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Carnivora
Key facts
~ 45 cm
size
~ 1.8 kg
weight
~ 15 years
age
How endangered are Banded mongoose?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
When the group goes hunting, the offspring is provided with daily babysitters.
Banded mongoose on the zoo tour
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