Egyptian Mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Also known as: Large Grey Mongoose, Ichneumon Mongoose
Habitat
Ground
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
5.2 kg
LCMammaliaCarnivoraHerpestidae
Seasonal Activity
12,813 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
- 5.2 kg
Photo
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová
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Occurrence data from GBIF.