Mungos mungo (carnivore)
Mass: 1.5 kg based on Rood 1975
Diet: insectivore-carnivore based on Rood 1975
Abundance: 0.06 to 1.05% (median 0.39%)
Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 12.9°Habitats: (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (7)
Found in 10 samples
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park
Senegal: Drambos Cave
South Africa: Kloof/Hillcrest, Plovers Lake
Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement)
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan)
Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project
Size measurements:
♀ body mass | 1250 kg | N = 1 | Rood 1975 |
♀ body mass | 1510 kg | N = 16 | Rood 1975 |
♀ body mass | 960 g | N = 3 | Rood 1975 |
♀ body mass | 1540 kg | N = 4 | Rood 1975 |
♀ body mass | 1410 kg | N = 3 | Rood 1975 |
♂ body mass | 1370 kg | N = 4 | Rood 1975 |
♂ body mass | 1730 kg | N = 12 | Rood 1975 |
♂ body mass | 1350 kg | N = 8 | Rood 1975 |
See also Mungos, Mungos gambianus, Mungos sp.