Banded mongoose

Gestation lasts 61 days, litters average 2.68 young, females have 2 litters per year, and sexual maturity is reached at 344 days. Its lifespan is given as 12 years, with values up to 17.4 years, and the IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern, not a threatened category.

Weight

1.33 kg – 1.93 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

12 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

17.4 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forest, grasslandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

60.9 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.68src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.3 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The banded mongoose is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyHerpestidae
6. genusMungos
7. SpeciesMungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Herpestes zebra, Mungos mungo adailensis, Mungos mungo bororensis, Mungos mungo caurinus, Mungos mungo colonus, Mungos mungo grisonax, Mungos mungo mandjarum, Mungos mungo marcrurus, Mungos mungo mungo, Mungos mungo ngamiensis, Mungos mungo pallidipes, Mungos mungo rossi, Mungos mungo senescens, Mungos mungo somalicus, Mungos mungo talboti, Mungos mungo zebra, Mungos mungo zebroides, Viverra mungo

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Gambian mongoose

Mungos gambianus

Herpestidae

CompareBanded mongoose vs Gambian mongoose

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  title = {Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-mongoose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}