The narrow-striped mongoose is a small mongoose of the dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar. Its gray-beige coat has dark stripes along the back and flanks. It often rests in tree holes on wet-season nights and in ground burrows in the dry season.
Its fur ranges from gray-beige to gray, with 8 to 10 dark stripes on the back and flanks. The bushy tail has dark rings.
It lives in dry deciduous forest in western Madagascar. It often spends wet-season nights in tree holes and rests in ground burrows in the dry season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.