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dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
Watch a Herpestes mongoose attack and kill its common prey, a venomous Asian cobra
meerkat (Suricata suricatta) Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)
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Watch a Herpestes mongoose attack and kill its common prey, a venomous Asian cobra
A mongoose (Herpestes) attacking an Asian cobra (Naja naja).
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dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
Dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula). It is the smallest known mongoose; as...
© njsphotography/Fotolia
banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo). This carnivore lives in groups and inhabits...
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banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
A group of banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) on a small dirt hill. Banded...
© Gregory G. Dimijian, M.D./Photo Researchers
meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
Meerkats (Suricata suricatta). These members of the mongoose family inhabit...
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Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)
Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), one of the...
© Christopher Call Productions
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