slender mongoose,black-tailed mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) Description
English: Slender Mongoose from Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Date 7 September 2009, 04:31:57
Author Yathin S Krishnappa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yathin_sk
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-slender-mongoose.jpg
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. The slender mongoose, with up to fifty subspecies, are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the black mongoose of Angola and Namibia sometimes considered a separate species. They are adaptable and can live nearly anywhere in this wide range, but are most common in the savannah and semiarid plains. They are much rarer in densely forested areas and deserts. Order: Carnivora, Family: Herpestidae, Subfamily: Herpestinae, Species: Galerella sanguinea Rüppell, 1836.
