Diet and foraging group size in the yellow mongoose: A comparison with the suricate and the bat-eared fox

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Nel, J A J ^a   Kok, O B ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cynictis penicillata; Diet; Group size; Yellow mongoose

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; MAMMAL;

FREE STATE; NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CYNICTIS PENICILLATA; HODOTERMES MOSSAMBICUS; OTOCYON MEGALOTIS; SURICATA SURICATTA; TRINERVITERMES TRINERVOIDES;

EID: 0033103849     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522839     Document Type: Article

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