Marsh Mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
Also known as: Water Mongoose, Mongoose
Habitat
Ground
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
3.3 kg
LCMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidae
Seasonal Activity
1,367 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Herpestidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 3.3 kg
Photo
(c) Colin Ralston, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Colin Ralston
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Occurrence data from GBIF.