Chimp & See Talk

Mongoose?

  • maurice_tijm by maurice_tijm

    Mongoose or Mangabe

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  • yshish by yshish moderator in response to maurice_tijm's comment.

    The first, #mongoose

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  • PauDG by PauDG scientist, moderator

    Hi @maurice_tijm.

    The mongoose have short legs, are smaller, with long faces and bodies and tapering tails, and mangabeys are taller, with slender shapes and longer legs and tails...

    The video is very burned, but It seems to be mongooses 😃

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  • maurice_tijm by maurice_tijm

    Thanks, which species do you think it is? What species appear on these western africa cams? Gambian, marsh, white tailed, common cusimanse and liberian mongoose? Is it correct that the cusimanse and the gambian are the only species that form such groups?

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  • PauDG by PauDG scientist, moderator

    Hi @maurice_tijm!
    According to the distribution it could be:

    • Galerella sanguinea (slender mongoose or black-tailed mongoose) live alone or in pairs

    • Ichneumia albicauda (white-tailed mongoose) solitary.

    • Atilax paludinosus (marsh mongoose) dark brown fur, solitary.

    • Herpestes ichneumon (Egyptian mongoose or ichneumon) live in small groups

    • Liberiictis kuhni (Liberian mongoose) live in small groups. Dark brown body, with a darker stripe on the neck and shoulders bordered by smaller white stripes.

    • Mungos mungo (banded mongoose) mixed-sex groups of 7–40

    • Mungos gambianus (Gambian mongoose) live in groups of 10-20, brownish-grey color with a dark streak of fur on the sides of its light-colored neck

    • Crossarchus obscurus (common kusimanse or long-nosed kusimanse) group of 10- 20 , slong snout, short legs

    You are right saying that Gambian mongoose and kusimanse are the bigger groups in this area, but also others mongoose live in groups and the image is so burned that I am not able to identify which specie is exactly this mongoose...

    Hope this can help!

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  • jwidness by jwidness moderator

    #coolsilence

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