stripe-necked mongoose urva vitticolla digs onto elephant dung on the side of a gravel road in yala national park

alert animal asia basking brown carnivore ceylon conditions conservation cute digs dirt dung eating elephant endangered environment forage forest fur gravel guard habitat indian lanka looking lookout mongoose mouth national natural nature onto orange park predator pretty reserve road safari sand scarce shy side single skittish sri stripe stripednecked stripenecked tail tropical urva vitticolla watchful wild wilderness wildlife yala