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Mammals Mongooses Uncommon
Marsh Mongoose
Kommetjiegatmuishond · Atilax paludinosus
A large, shaggy, dark-brown mongoose of reedbeds and riverbanks. It forages alone at the water's edge for crabs, frogs and mussels. Bigger and darker than the common slender and dwarf mongooses.
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Big, dark and shaggy, always near water; solitary, with no pale tail-tip.
Where to see it in Kruger
Reedbeds, riverbanks and dam edges park-wide; usually seen alone.
Did you know
It smashes hard-shelled prey by hurling it backwards between its legs against a rock.
Often confused with
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