Mongolympics

Having spent February showcasing the diversity of mongooses in the world I felt compelled to have a round-up post, that would evaluate the different mongoose species and compare them to each other. Hence: mongolympics. To be honest it’s more like an awards ceremony than a competitive event, so maybe Maftas?

(if mongooses aren’t your thing, this post may not be relevant to your interests. that may be many people, but all of them are not the owners of this blog)

Anyway, the categories are:

1. biggest mongoose
2. smallest mongoose
3. best-organised mongoose
4. best-looking mongoose
5. rarest mongoose
6. commonest mongoose
7. most agile mongoose
8. most badass mongoose
9. best mongoose

(pictures show first-placed mongoose)

Biggest Mongoose

First Place:  white-tailed mongoose

Second Place: egyptian mongoose

Third Place: stripe-necked mongoose

Smallest Mongoose

First Place: Common Dwarf Mongoose (and related Ethiopian D. M.)

Second Place: Pousargue’s Mongoose (AKA African Savannah M.)

Third Place: Yellow Mongoose (AKA Red Meerkat)

Best-Organised Mongoose

First Place: Meerkat

Second Place: Banded Mongoose

Third Place: Common Dwarf Mongoose

Best-Looking Mongoose

First Place: Yellow Mongoose (AKA Red Meerkat)

Second Place: Indian Grey Mongoose

Third Place: Crab-Eating Mongoose

Rarest Mongoose

First Place: Jackson’s Mongoose

Second Place: Liberian Mongoose

Third Place: Hose’s Mongoose

Commonest Mongoose

First Place: Small Asian Mongoose (AKA S. Indian M.)

Second Place: Indian Grey Mongoose

Third Place: Banded Mongoose

Most Agile Mongoose

First Place: Slender Mongoose

Second Place: Indian Grey Mongoose

Third Place: Common Dwarf Mongoose

Most Badass Mongoose

First Place: Egyptian Mongoose

Second Place: Crab-Eating Mongoose

Third Place: White-Tailed Mongoose

Best Mongoose (based on scores in the other rankings)

First Place: Indian Grey Mongoose

Second Place: Egyptian Mongoose

Third Place: Common Dwarf Mongoose

Fourth Place: Yellow Mongoose

Fifth Place: White-Tailed Mongoose

Congratulations indian grey! I always believed in you!

FTW