Possible Clues:

• Disney's Timon, for one
• The Lion King characters Timon and Pumbaa are a ____ and warthog
• Mongoose in exotic market gripping snake's tail
• Volatile market brought about end of the neighbourhood watch member
• Prey for a jackal
• Mammal
• Escort having space to climb without resistance to find carnivore
• In the flesh, RAF serviceman is a beast
• Mongoose-like animal
• Burrowing animal of southern Africa