Is this a mongoose?
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The examples were all striped, but the text says they come in many different colors
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tgr
Tail is wrong for a mongoose, compare:
Not sure what it is though!
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Yes, I thought so too, but then I read the description: "Short legs and a humped back, appears weasel or ferret-like. Range in size and color – from the tiny, brown dwarf mongoose to the larger banded mongoose, to the bushy tailed white-tailed mongoose."
Based on your reply, which I think is a good one (agree it doesn't look like the examples) I looked up
- dwarf mongoose picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawson_christopher/3792285755/
… and white-tailed mongoose: http://www.pbase.com/mytmoss/image/50492415
Now I'm thinking it might be a white-tailed mongoose. What do you think?
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tgr
I think #white-tailed-mongoose is spot on!
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Thanks!
Think it would be good if they included pictures of the dwarf and white-tailed mongoose among their examples - very different from the banded mongoose. Now I'm pretty sure that what I once classified as a rodent was in fact a dwarf mongoose. Hmph.
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tgr
Hehe I think we've all been there 😄
I agree, they should. It's a bit confusing right now.
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