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title: "Galerella pulverulenta"
description: "Herpestes pulverulentus — Mammiferi. The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose, is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cape-grey-mongoose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Galerella pulverulenta

> Herpestes pulverulentus — Mammiferi. The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose,  is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia.

- Scientific name: *Herpestes pulverulentus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1832
- Wikidata: [Q1293310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293310)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74413)

## Names

- en: Cape Grey Mongoose
- de: Kapmanguste
- es: Mangosta gris del Cabo
- fr: Mangouste grise
- it: Galerella pulverulenta
- nl: Kaapse grijze mangoeste
- pt: Galerella pulverulenta
- pl: Galerella pulverulenta

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1432), NA (16)

## Summary

The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose,  is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_gray_mongoose

## Photo

![Galerella pulverulenta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-grey-mongoose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52297472

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-grey-mongoose?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).