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Mungos gambianus
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus) is a mongoose species native to the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic from Gambia to Nigeria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Herpestes gambianus was the scientific name proposed by William Ogilby in 1835 for a mongoose specimen from Gambia.
The Gambian mongoose has a grizzled grey and brown fur, which is mixed with red on the back, hips and thighs. Its throat and the sides of the neck are pale silvery brown, and the neck is marked with a dark brown stripe running from the ear to the shoulder. The breast, belly and inner sides of the legs are red. Its feet are black, and its tail is mixed with black and has a black tuft at the end.
It has five toes on each foot, which is bare from the sole to the wrist and heel. Their faces are short, and have only two molars on each jaw. Females have six mammae. The Gambian mongoose is endemic to West Africa where it can be found in the mesic savannas and woodlands from Senegal and Gambia in the west east to Nigeria. The Gambian mongoose is diurnal, gregarious and terrestrial. They live in...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gambian Mongoose sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 15 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Gambian Mongoose in Mole National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and October, the lowest months. That is one of Mole National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 220 mm in August. May and August have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gambian Mongoose sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mole National Park, in our data
Mole National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gambian Mongoose sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gambian Mongoose is recorded against all the mammals logged in Mole National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
