Ann & Steve Toon / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, February

Charlie Summers / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) two interacting in cliff, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Richard Du Toit / Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) standing alert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, February.

Lou Coetzer / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) attacking Boomslang snake (Dispholidus typus) in the area where vital organs lie, Etosha National Park, Namibia, July.

Lou Coetzer / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) approaching Boomslang snake (Dispholidus typus) in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, July.

Richard Du Toit / Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea), being mobbed by Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Axel Gomille / Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) Karnataka, India

Denis-Huot / Savuti mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) Chobe National Park, Savuti area, Botswana

Ann & Steve Toon / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Shibai Xiao / Small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) captured with camera trap, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Sandesh Kadur / Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) running profile, Western Ghats, Southern India

Richard Du Toit / Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana