Herpestes sanguineus - #974
Common Slender Mongoose
Resting on rock. 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
Tanzania, Serengeti National Park
Photographer
J Rood