Yellow mongoose

Description:

Usually reddish-yellow to tawny-yellow with prominent white tip to tail. However in northern parts of range, particulalry in Botswana, it is more grey and usually lacks white tip to tail. Tail is quite bushy. Chin, throat and upper chest paler than rest of body and eyes are orange-brown. Field guide to mammals of Southern Africa - Chris & Tilde Stuart.

Habitat:

The yellow mongoose prefers semi-arid, open habitats (grasslands, scrub, and semi-desert scrub) and is almost entirely absent from desert, forest, and montane habitats (Taylor and Meester, 1993). Est mostly invertebrates but also takes rodents, amphibians, repltiles and occasionally carrion.

Notes:

Spotted at Rhino and Lion park.