THE INDIAN MONGOOSE
NIKON D500 + 200-500mm E ED VR , MANUAL , F/6.3 , 1/800s , ISO - 320 , 500MM
The Indian Mongoose is also
known as Common Grey Mon-
goose and Indian Grey Mon-
goose. The scientific name of this
Mongoose is Herpestes edwardsi.
They are mainly founds in Asia
and overall in India. The Indi-
an Grey Mongoose commonly
seen usually singly or in pairs
in open forest areas, cultivated
fields and scrublands. They are
lives in bushy vegetation, scrub,
semi desert, dry secondary
forest, hedgerows and thickets,
burrows, under rocks or bushes
and among groves of trees. They
are eats invertebrates, snakes,
rodents, bird’s eggs and lizards.
These mongoose legs are brown
and darker than the body, they
have tawny iron grey fur, it is
more grizzled and stiffer and
coarser than other mongooses.
The hair around the muzzle,
tail is bushy, whilst the tip of
the tail, eyes is also brown but
with a stronger red colouring
in deep. These mongoose body
and tail are equal in length, they
are 14 to 18 inches longer with
body and their tail length is 18
inches. Males are mostly larger
than the females. The weight is
arround 1 to 2 kilograms. These
mammals are generally accepted
that the Indian mongoose occurs
in Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh,
Kuwait, turkey and Bahrain.
They are hunting with snakes,
mice, lizards, rats, grasshoppers,
ground birds, their eggs, fish,
centipedes, scorpions, frogs,
fruits, crabs, berries, and parts
of plants and roots, also prey
including egrets and hares.
My Home Town ,Forest Areas, Dwarka, Gujarat, India
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