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Mungos mungo (Banded mongoose)

zebra mongoose [English]; gebande muishond, barasinga [Afrikaanse]; Zebramanguste [German]; mangue rayee [French]; nkuchiro [Swahili]; usikibhoror [isiNdebele]; ubuhala, ubuhaye [isiZulu]; moswe, moswc [Sepedi]; letodi [Sesotho]; let1ôtôtô, letara, lejara [Setswana]; dzvoro [Shona]; lichacha [siSwati]; nkala [Xitsonga]; tshihoho, tzwikitowe [Tshivenda]; kaâalanâti [Lozi]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family: Herpistidae (suricates and mongooses)

Mungos mungo (Banded mongoose)

Large group of Banded mongooses, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Peet van Schalkwyk ©, see also scienceanimations.com]

Mungos mungo (Banded mongoose)
Mungos mungo (Banded mongoose)

Banded mongoose, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photos Gerhard Theron ©]