It consumes small rodents, reptiles, young birds, eggs, termites, locusts, beetles, grubs, larvae, and spiders. Most of the day is spent looking for food among the brush, leaves, and rocks. Dwarf mongooses and ground hornbills have a symbiotic relationship . They often feed together; as the mongooses disturb insects with their muzzles, hornbills pounce on the food; hornbills make loud calls to alert mongooses of approaching predators.
The annual proportions of mongooses that were serum antibody-positive and virus-positive, respectively, were inversely related. In contrast with foxes, in mongooses immunity is an important factor in the epizootiology of rabies. Inoculation of mongooses with Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth vaccine induced a good immunologic response and augurs well for the success of vaccination in the field. The effects of wildlife vaccination on animal populations with high levels of natural immunity need to be investigated before costly campaigns are started.
They are the smallest carnivores in Africa and are primarily insectivorous (insect-eaters). Their body lengths vary from around 230 mm to over 750 mm, and their weights range from less than 1 kg to around 5 or 6 kg. Herpestids tend to have small heads, pointed snouts, and short, rounded ears that are not as conspicuously erect or pointed as those of viverrids.
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