Mongooses

It is found primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, though it is absent from much of South Africa except along the eastern and south-eastern coasts. In North Africa, its range extends from northern and eastern Egypt southward to Ethiopia. It is also present from the Sinai Peninsula to southern Turkey, as well as on the Iberian Peninsula. It lives in swampy and marshy habitats near streams, rivers, lakes and in coastal areas.

It was thought to be endemic to the Cape Province, but it is now known to occur in much of the rest of South Africa and extend northward along the west to southern Angola. It inhabits macchia-type vegetation (fynbos), semi-desert scrub (Karoo), thicket and forest.

It is endemic to southern Africa, its range including south-western Angola and north-western Namibia. The natural habitat of this mongoose is kopjes, rocky outcrops and areas with large granite boulders, and the woodlands and slopes surrounding these features.

It occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, where it is most common in the savannah and semiarid plains, but rarely recorded in densely forested areas and deserts.

It occurs across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, and throughout much of Central, Eastern and parts of Southern Africa. It inhabits freshwater wetlands, marshes and swamps along slow-moving rivers and streams, in forested, jungle and savanna regions.

It lives in open country, semi-desert scrubland and grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

It is found in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation.

It is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java, where it lives up to an elevation of 1,800 m.

It is native to forests and shrublands in southern India, particularly in the Western Ghats, and in Sri Lanka. It occurs at elevations up to 2,130 m.

It is distributed in Iraq through southeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It occurs at elevations of up to 2,100 m.

It is found from the north-eastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and Taiwan. It has been recorded at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m. Found mainly near water, in evergreen and deciduous forests, shrubby areas, on plantations, and near human settlements.

It is found on the Indian Peninsula and in Sri Lanka. It is mainly a forest-living animal and prefers more secluded areas.

It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It inhabits evergreen forest and rural gardens from sea level to an elevation of 1,500 m.

It is native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka. It occurs at elevations of 700–1,300 m.

It is native to Borneo and Sumatra. It is found in primary forests, disturbed habitats, lowlands, and hills.

It lives in most of Africa south of the Sahara, and the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. It lives in a wide range of habitats, from semi-desert to savanna woodland, but avoid moist areas like the Congo River basin or extremely arid areas.

It is found in central Africa, from southern Kenya to central Mozambique. It inhabits foremost open shrubland and multilayered forest.

It is native to montane forests in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, where it occurs at elevations of up to 3,300 m.

It is native to Central Africa, where it inhabits deep deciduous forests from eastern Nigeria to the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It is endemic to the East African coastal forests of Tanzania and Kenya.

It ranges from central Tanzania southward through Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, to Eswatini and north-eastern South Africa. It lives in savannas and is associated mainly with open woodland and grassland and marshy areas with termitaria.

It is endemic to Southern Africa. Its range includes Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. It lives primarily in open scrub and woodland.

It is native to wetlands and rainforests from the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Cameroon to the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It is found in a large part of East, Southeast and South-Central Africa. There are also populations in the northern savannas of West Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grassland, especially near water, but also in dry, thorny bushland, though not in deserts.

It is endemic to West Africa, where it inhabits mesic savannas and woodlands, ranging from Senegal and  Gambia in the west to Nigeria in the east.

It occurs in south-western Botswana, western and southern Namibia, northern and western South Africa; the range barely extends into southwestern Angola. It lives in areas with stony, often calcareous ground in a variety of arid, open habitats with little woody vegetation.

It is endemic to central Africa, where it inhabits lowland and montane rainforests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bounded to the north by the Ubangi River and to the south by the Kasai River. It is also present in western Uganda. It occurs at elevations 1,500–2,900 m.

It is native to central Africa, extends from southern Benin and southern Nigeria through Cameroon to the Central African Republic and the north-western Republic of the Congo. Habitat is mainly the undergrowth of tropical rainforests and riparian forests.

It is found in the west African countries of Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It lives in forested areas near water, at elevations around 1,000 m.

It ranges from East to southern Central Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia to the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in South Africa. It inhabits primarily dry grassland, open forests and bushland up to an elevation of 2,000 m.

It is native to East Africa, particularly Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.  It occurs at elevations of up to 600 m.

It ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda.

Known only from north-eastern Liberia and western Côte d’Ivoire. It inhabits primary and secondary forests, and is found mainly in swampy forests and riverbeds with sandy soils.