#0344 · 🦊 mammals

Banded Mongoose

🇳🇱 Zebramangoeste ·Mungos mungo

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ray Turnbull · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © seasav · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Alan Horstmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © rosshall · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Peter Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Alan Horstmann · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The banded mongoose ( Mungos mungo ) is a mongoose commonly found in the central and eastern parts of Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds. While most mongoose species live solitary lives, the banded mongoose live in colonies with a complex social structure.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,563iNaturalist 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.
4,563 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).