Cape gray mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Cape gray mongoose Galerella pulverulenta

Where the cape gray mongoose lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 186 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Galerella pulverulenta
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Where does the cape gray mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cape gray mongoose in 1 country or territory across Africa.

South Africa

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the cape gray mongoose?

The cape gray mongoose (Galerella pulverulenta) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Galerella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cape gray mongoose

The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose, is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cape gray mongoose (revision 1313956228), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1293310 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).