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Small Asian Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Photo by Atul
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Mongooses live in scrublands and dry forests.

Notes:

saw this mongoose family in the park ,in between the wood debris ,
the three of them were continuously running up and down the pile of cut wooden twigs,
the bigger ,presumably the mother was more watchful than the two small cubs

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Comments (4)

Oh, they sure do look like a bundle of fun to watch :) Lucky you :D Nice find!
thanks Alice was great fun to watch them play as well
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PublishedAugust 4, 2011

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