Ann & Steve Toon / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) drinking, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, May

Mark MacEwen / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) juvenile sleeping on adult 'escort', Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mweya Peninsula, Uganda, Africa.

Denis-Huot / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in confrontation with Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) watching alert Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

John Waters / Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) group resting together in shade during heat of mid-day, Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, E. Africa

John Waters / Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) group on the move, crossing a track at Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, E. Africa

Edwin Giesbers / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) looking over the back of another, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} sniffing around the head of a resting Warthog for insects{Phacochoerus aethiopicus} East Africa

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} foraging for parasites on skin of Warthog {Phacochoerus aethiopicus} Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} foraging for parasites on skin of Warthog {Phacochoerus aethiopicus} Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} group of pups that have been marked for research, Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} foraging for parasites on skin of Warthog {Phacochoerus aethiopicus}, Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda