Facts about the Slender Mongoose -- Galerella sanguinea:

A summary of most interesting statistics (size, gestation...), amazing environmental adaptations & fascinating facts about social habits, etc.

SIZE: Length (including the tail) 60 cm, (f) 55 cm, mass (m) 640 g, (f) 460 g.

COLOUR: A wide colour range: from reddish-brown to yellowish or dark brown to olive grey, the body colour being speckled with grey. Underparts are less speckled and the tip of the tail is black or reddish-black. Their eyes are yellow.

MOST LIKE: Small Grey Mongoose, but slightly smaller and more slender, and with the characteristic black tipped tail, which is lacking in the small grey mongoose.

HABITAT: From arid areas (though not deserts) to well-watered ones, and from open country to woodland, but not found in dense forests.

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REPRODUCTION & GESTATION PERIOD:

DISTRIBUTION MAP:

WHERE FOUND:
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa)
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Tembe Elephant Park