Common Name: Dwarf Mongoose Scientific Name: Helogale parvula Photographer: Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright: © 2003 Calvin J. Hamilton Date: 2003/06/16 Location: Washington D.C.

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The Dwarf Mongoose lives from Ethiopia to South Africa in thick forests, woodlands, dry acacia brush, mountain scrub, and abandoned termite mounds. Its diet consists of mice, insects, reptiles, fruits, berries, eggs and small birds.