- Nyumbani
- Mungos mungo Gmelin, 1788
Mungos mungo Gmelin, 1788
Order: Carnivora > Family: Herpestidae > Genus: Mungos > Species: Mungos mungo Gmelin, 1788
Common Name: Banded Mongoose [English]
Type Description
In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:84.
Type Locality
'Bengala, Persia, aliisque asiae', restricted by Ogilby (1835:101) to 'Gambia'. However, Thomas (1882) believed it to be in the eastern part of South Africa, [former] Cape Prov., as did Roberts (1929).
Measurements
Head and body: 330-406 mm
Tail length: 150-285 mm
Hindfoot length: 67-75 mm
Weight: 1.6-2.25 kg
Tail length: 150-285 mm
Hindfoot length: 67-75 mm
Weight: 1.6-2.25 kg
Description
The vertical bands on this mongoose easily distinguish it.
Distribution
Ranging in various habitats like woodlands, savannas, grasslands, forest/cultivation mosaics, and Acacia scrub, Mungos mungo is distributed throughout East and central Africa south of the Sahara and not intruding on the central rainforests from Senegal in the west over to Somalia in the east down through Tanzania, Mozambique and the northern Cape and over to Gabon and Angola. (Kingdon, 1989, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1989. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Carnivores). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 3A:214-225. 2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 247-248.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:766-768, 774-775.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:766-768, 774-775.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.