Common Dwarf Mongoose
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Common Dwarf Mongoose

Helogale parvula

Overview

Kruger National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area are atlas places where the Common Dwarf Mongoose is recorded. Its records concentrate in South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania, with additional records from Uganda and Botswana. The atlas holds 203 records of this mammal, Helogale parvula, from nine countries. These records are distributed across thirteen total atlas places, including Maasai Mara National Reserve and Tarangire National Park, providing travellers with a map of where the species is recorded across its range.

Records
203
Countries
9
Atlas places
13
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Common Dwarf Mongoose as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 85 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 57 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 36 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
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