Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyHerpestidae (Mongooses)
- GenusMungos (Banded Mongooses)
- SpeciesMungos mungo (Banded Mongoose)
Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park
Common Dwarf Mongoose
Helogale parvula
Egyptian Mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
White-tailed Mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Slender Mongoose
Galerella sanguinea
Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Lion
Panthera leo
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis
African Golden Wolf
Canis lupaster
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
Leopard
Panthera pardus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Banded Mongoose in Amboseli National Park?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Banded Mongoose sighting in Amboseli National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Banded Mongoose in Amboseli National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Banded Mongoose in Amboseli National Park in our monthly data.