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Where does a mongoose live?

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The Lemur Mongoose live in all of Africa, Southern Asia (India), and the island of Madagascar.

Other mongoose species live in southern Europe, Hawaiian islands, and the Caribbean islands. It is illegal to import most species of mongoose into the United States, Australia and other countries.

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The Meerkat or Suricate (Suricata suricatta), a smaller species of mongoose, lives in troops of 20 to 30 consisting of an alpha male and female, usually together with their siblings and offspring, in open country in Southern Africa (Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa). The Meerkat is a small, diurnal mammal foraging for invertebrates in open country. Its behaviour and small size (it weighs less than one kilogram) makes it very vulnerable to larger carnivores and Birds of Prey. However, the Meerkat has been known to eat small birds that migrate through Southern Africa. To protect the foraging troops from predators, one Meerkat serves as a sentinel - climbing to an exposed vantage point and scanning the surroundings for danger. If the sentinel detects a predator it gives a loud alarm call to warn the troop and indicate if the threat comes from the air or the ground. If from the air, the Meerkats rush as fast as they can to the nearest hole. If from the ground, the troop flees but not quite so fast as meerkats are more able to evade terrestrial predators than airborne raptors. (Wikipedia)

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They live in burrows in the wild. You can find them in Africa and Asia.

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