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Slender Mongoose can breed several times per year and after a gestation period of 60 - 70 days, 1 - 3 young are born in a den. The Slender Mongoose feeds upon insects, snakes, lizards, birds, rodents, amphibians, carrion, eggs and occasionally fruit. They have a den that is in a sheltered area such as a hollow log or a crevice between rocks and they may share their dens with other species. They live alone or in pairs and they are non territorial, although they will maintain a home range that is overlapped by those of others. Slender Mongoose are found on the savannah and semi-arid plans of sub-sahara Africa.
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They readily climb trees, unlike other mongoose species. They are active during the day but if there is sufficient moonlight they will also hunt at night. Their body is long and slender, they have short legs and males tend to be larger than females. They have a prominent black or red tip at the end of their tail. The colour of their fur varies greatly between the different subspecies from dark reddish/brown to an orange/brown, yellow and grey, and they often appear speckled. They have a body length between 27.5 and 40 cms (11 - 16 inches), a tail length between 23 and 33 cms (9 - 13 inches) and they weigh between 460 and 715 g (16 - 25 oz). The Slender Mongoose is a very common species of mongoose. © Photographer: Per-Gunnar Ostby of Slender Mongoose Range Map (Africa)