#0412 · 🦊 mammals
Common Dwarf Mongoose
🇳🇱 Dwergmangoeste ·Helogale parvula
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what is it?
The common dwarf mongoose ( Helogale parvula ), sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose , is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae).
base stats
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.
- 2,930 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1847 (179 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Dwarf Mongoose
- Nederlands
- Dwergmangoeste
- scientific name
- Helogale parvula
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Herpestidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,930
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1847 by Carl Jakob Sundevall
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Herpestidae
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LC 🌍 4.9k seen
#0343 📷 9Meerkat
🇳🇱 Stokstaartje
Suricata suricatta
LC 🌍 4.6k seen
#0344 📷 7Banded Mongoose
🇳🇱 Zebramangoeste
Mungos mungo
LC 🌍 4.6k seen
#0419 📷 10Yellow Mongoose
🇳🇱 Vosmangoeste
Cynictis penicillata
LC 🌍 2.8k seen
#0425 📷 10Indian Grey Mongoose
🇳🇱 Indische Grijze Mangoeste
Urva edwardsii
LC 🌍 2.7k seen
#0129 📷 9Egyptian Mongoose
🇳🇱 Egyptische Mangoeste
Herpestes ichneumon
LC 🌍 2.2k seen
#0462 📷 10Common Slender Mongoose
🇳🇱 Slanke Mangoeste
Herpestes sanguineus
LC 🌍 2.2k seen
#0470 📷 8Marsh Mongoose
🇳🇱 Moerasmangoeste
Atilax paludinosus
LC 🌍 2.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41906, Wikidata Q743563, GBIF 2434165, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.