Egyptian Mongoose

Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Ichneumon Mongoose, Large Grey Mongoose. Occurrence records of the Egyptian Mongoose are shared on GBIF from around 9 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route Safari Camp (7 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernHerpestidae

9reserves with records

30records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) — Photo: Anna Liflyand · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	4
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2

By province

Western Cape: 7 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Scientific name: Herpestes ichneumon
GBIF taxon: 2434255
Wikidata: Q649306

More of the Herpestidae family

Cape Gray Mongoose Yellow Mongoose Marsh Mongoose Slender Mongoose Banded Mongoose Common Dwarf Mongoose Meerkat White-tailed Mongoose

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.