Narrow-striped mongoose

Weight

650 g – 678.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

11.4 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

100 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

0.995src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.05 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The narrow-striped mongoose is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

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. familyEupleridae
6. genusMungotictis
7. SpeciesMungotictis decemlineata (Grandidier, 1867)

Synonyms Galidia decemlineata, Mungotictis substriatus, Mungotictis vittatus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Fossa

Cryptoprocta ferox

Eupleridae

VU, Vulnerable

Malagasy civet

Fossa fossana

Eupleridae

VU, Vulnerable

Eastern falanouc

Eupleres goudotii

Eupleridae

LC, Least Concern

Ring-tailed vontsira

Galidia elegans

Eupleridae

VU, Vulnerable

Brown-tailed mongoose

Salanoia concolor

Eupleridae

VU, Vulnerable

Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose

Galidictis fasciata

Eupleridae

CompareNarrow-striped mongoose vs FossaNarrow-striped mongoose vs Malagasy civetNarrow-striped mongoose vs Eastern falanoucNarrow-striped mongoose vs Ring-tailed vontsira

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@misc{narrow_striped_mongoose_2026,
  title = {Narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/narrow-striped-mongoose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}