Common slender mongoose

Weight

509.8 g – 550 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

9.24 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

12.6 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

61.3 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.23src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 months – 13.6 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

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyHerpestidae
6. genusGalerella
7. SpeciesGalerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835)

Synonyms Galerella sanguinea canus, Galerella sanguinea cauui, Galerella sanguinea dasilvai, Galerella sanguinea dentifer, Galerella sanguinea galbus, Galerella sanguinea gracilis, Galerella sanguinea grantii, Galerella sanguinea ibeae, Galerella sanguinea ignitus, Galerella sanguinea lancasteri, Galerella sanguinea melanura, Galerella sanguinea mossambica, Galerella sanguinea mustela, Galerella sanguinea mutgigella, Galerella sanguinea orestes, Galerella sanguinea parvipes, Galerella sanguinea phoenicurus, Galerella sanguinea proteus, Galerella sanguinea rendilis, Galerella sanguinea saharae, Galerella sanguinea sanguinea, Galerella sanguinea swalius, Galerella sanguinea swinnyi, Galerella sanguinea ugandae, Galerella swalius, Herpestes gracilis, Herpestes mutgigella, Herpestes sanguineus, Mungos dentifer

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidata

Cape gray mongoose

Galerella pulverulenta

Herpestidae

Somalian slender mongoose

Galerella ochracea

Herpestidae

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Angolan slender mongoose

Galerella flavescens

HerpestidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCommon slender mongoose vs Cape gray mongooseCommon slender mongoose vs Somalian slender mongooseCommon slender mongoose vs Angolan slender mongoose

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@misc{common_slender_mongoose_2026,
  title = {Common slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-slender-mongoose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}