Mongoose Collection

Talking Mongoose House
The home of Voirrey Irving at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : Voirrey stands with her father at the front door

Talking Mongoose / Voirrey
Voirrey Irving, of Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : with her dog

Talking Mongoose Gef
Artists impression of Gef the so-called talking mongoose which befriended Voirrey Irving, a 17-year old girl from the Isle of Man

Talking Mongoose
Voirrey Irving, who claimed familiarity with the mongoose, with her father and investigator R.S Lambert at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man

Indian grey mongoose and mango fruit
Indian grey mongoose, Herpestes edwardsi 1 and mango, Mangifera indica 2. Mangouste nems, mangier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Sloth bear, Melursus ursinus. Vulnerable. The Ursine Sloth in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Panormo after an illustration by W

Mongoose lemur, Eulemur mongoz. Critically endangered. Lemur mongoz Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Valentin Bischoff after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Banded mongoose, Mungos mungo (Herpestes mungo?). From a specimen in the Paris Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardines

Yellow mongoose, Cynictis penicillata (Cynictis steedmanni). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Pen-tailed treeshrew 1 and narrow-striped
Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata (vulnerable) 2, and pen-tailed treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii 1. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Meerkat, mongoose, kusimanse and palm civet
Meerkat, Suricata suricatta 1, Indian grey mongoose, Herpestes edwardsii 2, common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus 3, and Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 4

Netherlands Army Aviation Group - Fokker S. IV 107
Netherlands Army Aviation Group (Luchtvaartafdeeling or LVA) - Fokker S.IV 107, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose 5-cylinder radial engine

MONGOOSE
A mongoose Date: circa 1840

Squadron Leader D. S. Don - Kings Cup Air Race
Hanworth Aerodrome, Kings Cup Air Race. Hawker Tomtit G-aLL, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA, belonging to the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), flown by Squadron Leader D.S

Common Dwarf Mongoose - standing on hind legs (Helogale parvula). Etosha National Park, Namibia

Egyptian ichneumon, Indian ichneumon or mongoose and fossane weasel.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Mongooz or mongoose with a basket of ripe fruit, Eulemur mongoz.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

White tailed mongoose, Ichneumia albicauda, and meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

African genet, Genetta genetta, and marsh or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

A Mongoose on the Arm
Peggy Hill of Camden Town, London, with her rat-catching mongoose. Date: November 1932

A Snake Charmer with a Mongoose Date: circa 1910s

Various stoats and weasels
Six types of carnivore: Indian Civet, Egyptian Mongoose, Asian Mongoose, Pine Marten, European Marten, and Polecat

Mongoose (Bewick)
The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India

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