Galerella

• Angolan Slender Mongoose Galerella flavescens

  

  This mongoose is known from southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. Angolan animals are tan or yellowish, while Namibian animals are nearly black with a reddish tinge. In Namibia it lives among large granite boulders and the drainages and woodlands connecting them.

• Cape Gray Mongoose Galerella pulverulenta

  

  This slender mongoose lives in southern Africa. It uses bushes and rocky areas and may dig for prey in the soil.

• Common Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

  

  This slender mongoose occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded from semidesert to woodland at elevations of 0–2,700 m.

• Somalian Slender Mongoose Galerella ochracea

  A 1910 field account describes this mongoose near Hargeisa in Somaliland, usually alone or in pairs. MDD currently accepts Herpestes ochraceus.

• Angolan Slender Mongoose Galerella flavescens

  

  This mongoose is known from southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. Angolan animals are tan or yellowish, while Namibian animals are nearly black with a reddish tinge. In Namibia it lives among large granite boulders and the drainages and woodlands connecting them.

• Common Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

  

  This slender mongoose occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded from semidesert to woodland at elevations of 0–2,700 m.

• Cape Gray Mongoose Galerella pulverulenta

  This slender mongoose lives in southern Africa. It uses bushes and rocky areas and may dig for prey in the soil.