Herpestes sanguineus - #286
Common Slender Mongoose
Side view. 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
1976
Photographer
GC Hickman