Namaqua slender mongoose [SEP] parent taxon
Namaqua slender mongoose
The Namaqua slender mongoose ("Galerella sanguinea swalius"), also known as the Namibian slender mongoose, is a subspecies of the slender mongoose. It is endemic to Namibia.
are at risk of predation by mongooses while they are young. Sheep farmers kill birds of prey and jackals to protect their flocks and this may have resulted in an increase in the mongoose population and consequently a diminution in the number of sandgrouse chicks that survive. Other predators that prey on the Namaqua sandgrouse include the booted eagle ("Aquila pennatus"), the tawny eagle ("Aquila rapax"), the lanner falcon ("Falco biarmicus") and the peregrine falcon ("Falco peregrinus").
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