Angolan slender mongoose (Galerella flavescens) Description
Galerella flavescens Bocage, 1889
Afrikaans: 'n Angolese swartkwasmuishond by Okaukuejowatergat in die Nasionale Etoshawildtuin, Namibië
English: An Angolan Slender Mongoose at Okaukuejo waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia
Date 28 June 2007
Author Hans Hillewaert https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Biopics
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galerella_flavescens.jpg
The Angolan slender mongoose (Galerella flavescens) is a mongoose that lives in southern Africa, specifically Angola and Namibia. It lives in the savannah and avoids desert and dense forests. This animal has a long slim body and the males are around 15% bigger than the females. It has 38 teeth. Males do not help in raising the young. The young open their eyes at 3 weeks and leave their mother at around 10 weeks and at 24 weeks get their adult teeth. Order: Carnivora, Family: Herpestidae, Species: Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889)