Photograph of two banded mongoose foraging for food
Photograph of two banded mongoose foraging for food
Predator Conservation Trust:Banded Mongoose information: Mungus Mungo
Banded Mongoose dens are usually disused burrows left by other animals such
as antbears or spring hares. Dens are not permanently occupied but are
occupied for a few days before the troop moves on to another den within their
home range.
PREY
Banded Mongoose eat insects and other invertebrates, birds and their eggs,
reptiles, small rodents, carrion, and snakes. When the prey has poisonous
spines (e.g. caterpillar) or noxious skin secretions (e.g. toads), then the
banded mongoose rolls it in the dirt after killing it until the spines or skin
secretion has been rubbed off.
REPRODUCTION
The Banded Mongoose has a gestation period of around 60 days after which they give
birth to between 2 and 6 young in the den. The young can suckle from any
female in the pack that is lactating, not just their mother.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
The Banded Mongoose is found in savannah and open woodland areas.
Banded Mongoose can be found in North Eastern parts of
South Africa, Northern parts Namibia and Botswana as well as Mozambique and parts of
Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
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