Herpestes sanguineus - #2630
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
South Africa, Limpopo or Mpumalanga, Kruger National Park
Image Date
20 July 2009
Photographer
C Smith