Herpestes sanguineus - #2628
Common Slender Mongoose
Formerly Galerella sanguinea.
Geographic Distribution
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Isls, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Order/Family
Herpestidae
Genus
Herpestes
Specific Epithet
sanguineus
Image Location
Kenya, Nyandarua county (formerly Central province), Aberdare National Park
Image Date
25 June 2012
Photographer
C Smith