Herpestes sanguineus - #2629
Common Slender Mongoose
Formerly Galerella sanguinea.
Geographic Distribution
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Isls, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Order/Family
Herpestidae
Genus
Herpestes
Specific Epithet
sanguineus
Image Location
Botswana, Chobe National Park
Image Date
29 July 2009
Photographer
C Smith