Common dwarf mongoose

Helogale parvula · Herpestidae

The common dwarf mongoose is a mongoose species native to Angola, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Zambia and East Africa. It is part of the genus Helogale, along with the Ethiopian dwarf mongoose.

Where the Common dwarf mongoose lives

Recorded in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Dem. Rep. Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Manyara, Rift Valley, Mara and North-West.

See the Common dwarf mongoose’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 2,514 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.