Banded mongoose
| Common name | Scientific name | Average weight of adult male | Average length or shoulder height | Diet | How do they live | Feeding time | Gestation period | Number of young at birth |
| Mongoose, banded | Mungos mungo | 1,3 kg | length 55cm | omnivorous | troops | day | 2 months | 2-8 young |
They prefer dense bush-like vegetation and occur on the Natal coast northwards. I've watched them many times while doing guard duty on the Bluff in Durban and I've seen them already at St. Lucia and at Swadini nature resort.
They always forage in a troop and constantly chatter amongst themselves. They eat anything from insects, frogs, lizards, birds eggs and even fruit and berries. They too stand on their hind legs when interested in something and when alarmed the whole troop would run for cover.