mammal · Carnivora · Herpestidae

Marsh Mongoose

Atilax paludinosus G — also called Water Mongoose, Marsh Ichneumon. Occurrence records of the Marsh Mongoose are shared on GBIF from around 52 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Rondevlei Nature Reserve (30 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernHerpestidae

52reserves with records

355records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	30
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	30
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	28
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	26
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	12
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	11
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	11
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	11
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	10
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	10
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	10
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	10
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	9
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	9
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	8
Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	6
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	5
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserve	LP Limpopo	4
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	4
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	4
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	4
Crestholme Conservancy and Equestrian CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	4
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	3
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	3
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area	NW North West	3
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	3
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	2
Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Phezulu Safari ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Rustenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	2
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Zebra Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 22 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 17 reserves
Gauteng: 7 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
North West: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Scientific name: Atilax paludinosus
GBIF taxon: 2434188
Wikidata: Q855597

More of the Herpestidae family

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