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#0462 · 🦊 mammals

Common Slender Mongoose

🇳🇱 Slanke Mangoeste ·Herpestes sanguineus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © copper · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © mikeloomis · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Danny Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © seasav · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  5. 5. © Joachim Louis · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. © Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. © Ernest Porter · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Joachim Louis · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  9. 9. © seasav · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  10. 10. © ONG OeBenin · CC BY-NC 4.0
Common Slender Mongoose, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © copper · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The slender mongoose ( Galerella sanguinea ), also known as the black-tipped mongoose or the black-tailed mongoose , is a very common species of mongoose of sub-Saharan Africa.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,181iNaturalist observations
  • 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.
  • 2,181 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Eduard Rüppell in 1836 (190 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Slender Mongoose
Nederlands
Slanke Mangoeste
scientific name
Herpestes sanguineus
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Herpestidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
2,181
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1836 by Eduard Rüppell

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Herpestidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 74414, Wikidata Q27994178, GBIF 5787207, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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