#cynictis

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Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

It lives in open country, semi-desert scrubland and grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. The yellow mongoose will often co-exist with Cape ground squirrels or meerkats and share maintenance of the warren, adding new tunnels and burrows as necessary. It feeds on insects, small animals, eggs, grass, and seeds.

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Yellow Mongoose | copper

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A yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) sits in the South African desert

by Barbara Evans

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Southern Yellow Mongoose  Cynictis penicillata ssp. penicillata Western District, South Africa -33.443198, 25.793184 by jandutoit

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Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)

Photo by Vladimir Dinets & almondd

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Cynictis pencillata - Yellow Mongoose

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Yellow Mongoose | copper

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Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), family Herpestidae, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa

photographs by Aleksandra Zorawska