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MammalMAP:   13867
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Jackson Mike; Linda Jackson
Date of record:   2014-09-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   This huge group of banded mongeese were keen to get from one side of the back playing field to the school buildings across the other side (the dustbins full of leftover food no doubt). Problem is, there is no cover from possible arial attack by a Crowned Eagle which had been around the precinct at that time. They would slip through the pallisade fencing, advance a few metres and then scurry back to safety....several times. A large group of vervet monkeys on the field at the time decided, to coax them on, and keep guard for them. Several advances and retreats later, the vervets eventually urged them on and they made a dash for it, watched over by the vervet heros!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   197450
Species name:   Mungos mungo
Common name:   Banded Mongoose -- Banded Mongoose
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Banded Mongoose
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-13867
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13867 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13867 - photo: 2
VM-number: 13867 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-30 16:38:09
Species name:   Mungos mungo -- Banded Mongoose; Banded Mongoose
Species code:   197450

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