Mon 16 Jan 2006
Yellow Mongoose
(Photo courtesy of
copyright-free-pictures.org.uk).
Just before Annie and I made the turn toward home on our final walk of the day (10:45 pm), it ran across the street just a few meters in front of us. I got a closer look at it, even though it was no more than one or two seconds. Riki-Tiki Tavi, our neighborhood mongoose, is still hanging around!
What I saw matches nothing I can find on the Internet, but the picture I matched it to last time remains the best fit. The coloring is definitely not yellow; it was dark with lighter stripes. And, no, it was NOT a skunk! It’s body was shorter than a mink’s, its tail was longer and bushier, and its snout was longer.
This has me intrigued.
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June 4th, 2006 at 11:32 pm[...] During the last year we have puzzled over the species of a particular animal roaming our neighborhood at night. It seemed too big to be a weasel, yet it was too out of place to be a mongoose. Tonight Annie cornered it under a car and then flushed it out into full view. I got to watch it dart back and forth across my neighbors’ driveway looking for an escape route. Finally it ran up their stairs, scurried up their vine to the roof and disappeared into the night. [...]
January 17th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
I don’t suppose you’ll be taking your camera with you on those late evening walks?
January 22nd, 2006 at 4:20 pm
Have you thought “rat”?
April 16th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Some species of mongoose are found in southern Europe, but a more likely candidate for your beastie might be a Pine marten, a mustelid similar in size and appearance to the Mongoose in your picture.