A pack of banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) crossed the track in front of our vehicle. There were probably twenty or thirty of these feisty individuals scurrying from one termite mound to another. These little guys eat about anything in their path including bugs and birds and (as every Kipling reader knows) snakes!
The banded mongoose--named for the backside stripes-- is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Some believe it is mentioned in Leviticus 11:30 (Heb. koach) in a list of "unclean animals."