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| Banded mongooses (M. m. grisonax) at Etosha National Park, northern Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Mungos |
| Species: | M. mungo
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| Binomial name | |
| Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788)
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range of the banded mongoose
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The banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds. While most mongoose species live solitary lives, the banded mongoose live in colonies with a complex social structure.
- ^ Gilchrist, J.S.; Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Mungos mungo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41621A45208886. Retrieved 19 November 2021.