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Mongoose

Mongoose. By Tulika Singhal. Physical Description. A mongoose can have multiple weights like it could be 12oz 11lb 340gm 5kg. So can a mongoose height 7inch 25inch 2feet 18cm 60cm.

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Mongoose

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  1. Mongoose By TulikaSinghal

  2. Physical Description • A mongoose can have multiple weights like it could be 12oz 11lb 340gm 5kg. • So can a mongoose height 7inch 25inch 2feet 18cm 60cm. • Colors and patterns they can have brown or gray sport striped coats. Also ringed tails. Or they can have grizzled fur. • Sloped foreheads • Pointed upright ears • Small rounded ears • Non retractile claws that pull back in there paws for digging. • Sharp teeth they have 56 teeth. • Tapered snouts • Tail uptil 3 quarters • Bushy tails • Short legs • Sleek long bodies • Tail size uptil 6 to 21 inches 15 to 53cm

  3. Habitat • Continents Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe • Countries India, Southern Australia, Southern Europe, Caribbean, Liberien, Pennsol • Preferred climate dry, hot, cool , moist ,misty areas • Biome forest, savannah, dessert, seri • Likes to be near water, thorny bushland, termite mards.

  4. Behavior • Diet it eats snakes, crabs, fruits, seeds, nuts, cobras, pythons, leaves, birds, pollen, flowers, insects, worms, chicken, rodents, reptiles, small mammals • It hunts • Lives in groups called mongeese or mongaggle • Breaks bird eggs and throws it around • Sleeps at night in there burrows

  5. Reproduction Babies • A mother mongoose has 6 babies at a time. Not always also they do not have it in eggs. • Their young is called a pup or a mongpoe fact a pup is older than a mongpoe • Mongoose are fed from their mothers milk. • Mongoose grow in the mothers tummy. • They develop in the mothers tummy for 60 days • The mother takes care of the young. • The weight of a baby mongoose is 12oz

  6. My Animal and Humans • The mongoose are threatened. • The mongoose lives in captivity, zoozs, preserves and homes. • The mongoose makes contact with humans with actions.

  7. Interesting Facts • The word mongoose comes from the ancient Dravidian language of south India • The mongoose has many different type of names like Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Carnivore, Suborder Felformia, Family Hepestidae • Species over 30 • Age 20 years

  8. What I Think of my Animal I think my animal is very cunning, cute, smart and independent. Also they are very fast runners. I love the mongoose.

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