Crab-eating Mongoose

Description:

It is generally grey in color, with a broad white stripe on its neck extending from its cheeks to its chest. Its throat is steel-gray with white ends of its hair, rendering a salt and pepper appearance. Its hind feet possess hairy soles. Its tail is short and homogeneously colored with a fairer tip. Despite their common name, their diet consists not only of crabs, but also just about anything else they can catch, including fish, snails, frogs, rodents, birds, reptiles, and insects.

Habitat:

northwestern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, and through southeast Asia, including the countries of Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Laos and Thailand

Notes:

I rented a mountain bike for the day in Thung Salaeng Luang National Park. I stopped for a while to take some photos. I was being very quiet when I heard something moving in the forest. It was coming towards me, it did not know I was there. It turned out to be this crab-eating mongoose. It got spooked when it saw me and retreated quickly. It moved about 10m down in the forest and then crossed the road where I managed to get just these shots of it. Wiki states this animal as nocturnal, but I've seen it numerous times during the day.