Yellow mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow mongoose lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cynictis penicillata
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	830 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Where does the yellow mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow mongoose in 3 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.

How big is a yellow mongoose?

Wikidata records the following for the yellow mongoose: mass 830 g (adult weight).

Is the yellow mongoose endangered?

The yellow mongoose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow mongoose?

The yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Cynictis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow mongoose

The yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat, is a member of the mongoose family. It averages about 0.45 kg (1 lb) in weight and about 510 mm (20 in) in length. It lives in open country, semi-desert scrubland and grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. It is the only species in the genus Cynictis.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow mongoose (revision 1351399048), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q732544 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).