What is this?: Resolved??

In October we posted a picture of a mystery animal which died next to our house. People gave us some ideas of what it might be, civet, and genet were the most common answers. A few weeks ago, we talked to our Maasai friends and showed them the picture, and they immediately knew what animal it was: "oh --that's esero!".....of course that don't know what "esero" is called in English. Today, while showing some other friends the picture, one person decided to make a mission of figuring out what the animal is. He came up with.....the slender mongoose. See this picture here: http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/mongoose_slender.html

This could be our animal, but I'm still not 100% convinced. However, I'm posting this for you to consider...what do you think?