Mungos mungo (carnivore)

Mass: 1.5 kg based on Rood 1975

Diet: insectivore-carnivore based on Rood 1975

Abundance: 0.06 to 1.05% (median 0.39%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 12.9°

Habitats: (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (7)

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Found in 10 samples

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Kloof/Hillcrest, Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement)

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass1250 kgN = 1Rood 1975
♀ body mass1510 kgN = 16Rood 1975
♀ body mass960 gN = 3Rood 1975
♀ body mass1540 kgN = 4Rood 1975
♀ body mass1410 kgN = 3Rood 1975
♂ body mass1370 kgN = 4Rood 1975
♂ body mass1730 kgN = 12Rood 1975
♂ body mass1350 kgN = 8Rood 1975

See also Mungos, Mungos gambianus, Mungos sp.