Common slender mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Common slender mongoose Galerella sanguinea

Where the common slender mongoose lives – recorded in 11 countries, 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 323 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Galerella sanguinea
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Where does the common slender mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common slender mongoose in 11 countries and territories across 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 common slender mongoose?

The common slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Galerella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common slender mongoose

The common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose, the black-tailed mongoose, or just the slender mongoose is a very common mongoose species native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common slender mongoose (revision 1380702976), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q673700 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).