Mongoose
A mongoose (plural mongooses, alternatively mongeese) is a small terrestrial carnivoran mammal of the family Herpestidae, a family of small cat-like carnivores. Mongooses are widely distributed in Asia, Africa the Caribbean, and southern Europe.
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| Family: | Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845
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In popular culture
A well-known mongoose written in fiction is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who has a short story of the same title in The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. In this story set in India, the young mongoose saves his family from a krait and from two cobras, named Nag and Nagaina. This story was later made into several movies, and also a song by Donovan.
There is a Mongoose fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel, The Lair of the White Worm. The main character, Adam Salton, buys one to hunt snakes.
Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise has a Pokémon named Zangoose, named after the mongoose.
Mongoose Media
- Herpestes ichneumon Египетский мангуст, или фараонова крыса, или ихневмо́н.jpg
Herpestes ichneumon Египетский мангуст, или фараонова крыса, или ихневмо́н
- Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (22548192738).jpg
Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (22548192738)
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Cynictis penicillata
- Urva urva 77938111.jpg
Crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva) in Karimganj district, Assam, India.
- White-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda), crop.jpg
White-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda), crop
- Bushy-tailed mongoose - Snapshot Safari Ruaha1.jpg
Bushy-tailed mongoose - Snapshot Safari Ruaha1
- Smit.m.rhinogale.melleri.white.background.jpg
Smit.m.rhinogale.melleri.white.background
- Paracynictis selousi Smit.jpg
Paracynictis selousi
- Long-nosed mongoose (without bg).png
Long-nosed mongoose (without bg)
- Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo).jpg
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)