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Gambian mongoose
Order : Carnivora
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Herpestinae
Species : Mungos gambianus
The Gambian mongoose is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Gambian mongoose
A Gambian mongoose group is called a 'mongeese or mongaggle'.
Facts about the Gambian mongoose
The Gambian mongoose is widely distributed over moist savanna areas from Gambia to Nigeria (Walker, 1999 and Alden et al. (Full text)