Banded Mongoose

Gebande Muishond · Mungos mungo

A busy, sociable little hunter marked with a series of dark stripes across its back. Banded mongooses live in noisy, bustling troops of a dozen or more, foraging together for beetles, grubs, and snails while keeping up a constant chatter. The whole group helps guard and raise the babies, and they will band together bravely to chase off snakes and other threats.

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How to identify it

Greyish-brown body crossed by several dark bands over the back, always seen in lively groups.

Look for its tracks

Small five-toed prints with tiny claw dots and a long-fingered look; often many — they move in troops.

Where to see it in Kruger

Common and active by day; seen in troops across woodland and around rest camps and termite mounds.

Did you know

A whole troop will gang up to mob and drive away a snake far bigger than any one of them.

Often confused with

Dwarf Mongoose

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