Yellow Mongoose
Cynictis penicillata
Habitat
Ground
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
836 g
NEMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidae
Seasonal Activity
2,611 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Herpestidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 836 g
Photo
(c) Böhringer Friedrich, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.