Ten mongooses: Meerkat, Yellow mongoose, Banded mongoose, Common dwarf mongoose, Slender mongoose, Indian grey mongoose, Indian brown mongoose, Small Indian mongoose, White-tailed mongoose, Marsh mongoose. Faces, tails and coats in source-identified photographs. A thematic selection, not a ranking or field identification guide. Names follow the sources. The small Indian mongoose was photographed on Oahu; this does not imply that Hawaii is its native range. Photographs do not share a common scale. All visuals use real photographs. Project changes: resizing without additional cropping, composition with captions and narration. Photographs retain their licenses. Video adaptation and project contributions: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. No author endorsement is implied. Voice synthesis: Microsoft Edge TTS; no music. Credits: 1. File:Meerkat_(Suricata_suricatta)_Tswalu.jpg; Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meerkat_(Suricata_suricatta)_Tswalu.jpg; Own work , from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography ; http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/; . Charles James Sharp, Sharp Photography, https://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/. 2. File:082_Yellow_mongoose_in_Khomas_Region_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg; Giles Laurent; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:082_Yellow_mongoose_in_Khomas_Region_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg; Own work ; ; . 3. File:Banded mongoose 8158 (27675410073).jpg; Stephen Temple from Cape Town, South Africa; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banded_mongoose_8158_(27675410073).jpg; IMG_8158.jpg ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/122772068@N08/27675410073/; . 4. File:Dwarf_Mongoose_(Helogale_parvula)_(6002158282).jpg; Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwarf_Mongoose_(Helogale_parvula)_(6002158282).jpg; Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula) ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6002158282/; . 5. File:2009-slender-mongoose.jpg; Yathin S Krishnappa; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-slender-mongoose.jpg; Own work ; ; . 6. File:Herpestes_edwardsii_at_Hyderaba.jpg; J.M.Garg; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herpestes_edwardsii_at_Hyderaba.jpg; Own work ; ; . 7. File:Indian_Brown_Mongoose.jpg; Navaneeth Kishor; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Brown_Mongoose.jpg; Own work ; ; . 8. File:Small Indian Mongoose Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.jpg; Daniel Dwyer Jr; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Small_Indian_Mongoose_O%CA%BBahu,_Hawai%CA%BBi.jpg; Own work ; ; . 9. File:White-tailed_mongoose_(Ichneumia_albicauda),_crop.jpg; MCSchaeffer; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-tailed_mongoose_(Ichneumia_albicauda),_crop.jpg; Own work ; ; . 10. File:Marsh_mongoose_or_water_mongoose,_Atilax_paludinosus,_at_Rietvlei_Nature_Reserve,_Gauteng,_South_Africa_(22548192738).jpg; Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marsh_mongoose_or_water_mongoose,_Atilax_paludinosus,_at_Rietvlei_Nature_Reserve,_Gauteng,_South_Africa_(22548192738).jpg; Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/22548192738/; .