#0419 · 🦊 mammals

Yellow Mongoose

🇳🇱 Vosmangoeste ·Cynictis penicillata

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The yellow mongoose ( Cynictis penicillata ), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat , is a member of the mongoose family averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. It lives in open country, from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,796iNaturalist observations
weight 830 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,796 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 830 g.
Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).