Group of Striped Mongoose;Mungos mungo) arriving at a watering hole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

mungos mungo natural area savanna kenya adult group drink to outdoor overview reflection day watering place mungos three quarter shot thirst east african rift valley bank rive low risk iucn) lr banded mongoose mungos mungos puddle august private reserve water surface nobody shompole conservancy nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas adults groups drinking lap lapping drunk outdoors outsides outside overviews global sight global sights full length reflections mirror image reflected reflecting days daytime backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length thirsting great rift valley rift valley water edge banks rive water edges puddles least concern species private reserves water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody naturalness area low formation east africa africa stage of development individual enumeration feeding behaviour behavior shot light effect ambiance freshwater wetland area herpestidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota fracture geology landform earth's crust iucn red list of threatened species species mongoose small carnivore carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal artificial wetland area natural reserve environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment water matter matter substance rift valley province