It is apparently confined to a narrow belt of savanna–forest mosaic north of the equator. It is known to occupy the thicketed shores of Lake Albert, as well as montane forest grasslands (Stuart and Stuart 2013). Kingdon (1977) suggested that this is a mongoose living in the ecotone between high forest and lower rainfall wooded savanna. In the Chinko/Mbari drainage basin (CAR), Aebischer et al. (2013) observed individuals in a mosaic of tropical wet savanna and deciduous tropical lowland forest, and more precisely in an area that was dominated by savanna woodland. This species is probably essentially diurnal and lives in—possibly loose—groups (Aebischer et al. 2013, Woolgar 2014), as observed in all other species of Mungotinae (Veron et al. 2004, in press). This species perhaps uses termite mounds as nocturnal shelters (Aebischer et al. 2013). Woolgar (2014) observed a group of eight individuals foraging and reported that they generally pounced on insects on the ground, but at various times they all dug in the loose soil and also turned over light stones along the path. Although they largely fed alone, they remained in contact with a series of vocalisations reminiscent of other communal mongoose species.

The only protected areas from which this species has been recorded are the Garamba N. P. in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Chinko Project Area in Central African Republic, and Semliki Wildlife Reserve (not to be confused with Semliki N. P.) in Uganda (Woolgar 2014). Lack of knowledge of this species’ biology and habitat requirements make this a priority species for study (Stuart and Stuart 2013).