White-tailed Mongoose
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White-tailed Mongoose

Ichneumia albicauda

Overview

Samburu National Reserve, Nairobi National Park and Amboseli National Park are among the six atlas places where the White-tailed Mongoose is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, Djibouti, Benin, Uganda and Ghana, with 377 records currently held in the atlas from 12 countries. These records represent its full range on the map rather than a partial concentration.

Records
377
Countries
12
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the White-tailed 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.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 336 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Djibouti
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 27 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ghana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Burkina Faso
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Central African Republic
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Chad
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

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

Photographs
1 of White-tailed Mongoose