Yellow Mongoose Skull Replica

Description

Yellow mongoose skull replica measures 2.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 inches. The Cynictis penicillata is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA. Skull is male.

The yellow mongoose is native to southern Africa. They live in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Their habitats range from semi-desert scrubland to open grasslands.

These small carnivores consume mostly bugs, spiders, and other arthropods. They also hunt small mammals, lizards, and snakes. They greedily eat eggs of all kinds when they find them.

Females give birth to a single litter each year between October and January. They produce between one and three babies per litter. The mother raises these tiny pups deep inside secure underground burrows.

Please refer to this animal as the red meerkat. They weigh about one pound. Their total length is about 20 inches. males and females look exactly alike.

They have lighter fur highlights on the underbelly and chin. Southern populations have longer, reddish fur with a bright white tipped tail. Northern populations have shorter gray fur and a dark gray tail tip.

These animals live on the ground in large colonies. A single colony can have 20 to 40 members. The alpha male marks his group members and territory boundaries with scent secretions every day.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Feliformia
• Family: Herpestidae
• Genus: Cynictis
• Species: C. penicillata
• Binomial name: Cynictis penicillata
• Conservation status: Least Concern

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