Igundane isilwane esincelisayo esinamagundane somndeni wakwaMuridae. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamagundane, okuhlanganisa amanye afuywayo kanti amanye ahlala endle. Amagundane anomzimba omude, ozacile onemilenze emifushane, izindlebe ezinkulu, nomsila omude. Ijazi lingaba kusuka kokumpunga okukhanyayo kuya kunsundu omnyama. Amagundane anamazinyo abukhali, aqinile okuququda ezintweni ezifana nokhuni, ipulasitiki, nensimbi. Lezi zilwane nazo ziyakwazi ukukhuphuka izintaba, ababhukudi nabagxumayo.
Amagundane adla kakhulu amantongomane, imbewu, izinambuzane, ngisho nenyama efile uma ikhona. Bangaba futhi izilwane ezidla izinyoni ezincane ngisho nezilwane ezihuquzelayo uma zilambile ngokwanele. Amagundane anekhono eliphezulu lokuhogela eliwavumela ukuthi abone ingozi ngaphambi kwezinye izilwane ezincane. Zijwayelane kahle nokuhlala ezindaweni ezakhiwe ngenxa yekhono lazo lokuthola ukudla kalula emigqonyeni kadoti nasezindaweni ezizungezile ezenziwe ngabantu.
Amagundane azala ngokushesha lapho kunezinsiza ezanele ezitholakalayo kuwo; ezinsikazi zingaba nemidlwane efinyelela kwayi-15 ngodoti kanye nezikhawu zokuzala zibe zifushane njengezinsuku ezingama-21 phakathi kodoti ngalunye; lokhu kusho ukuthi ipheya lamagundane lingakhiqiza inzalo efika ku-200 esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka uma izinsiza ezanele zitholakala kuwo.Nakuba amagundane ngokuvamile engenabungozi, angakwazi ukuthwala izifo ezithathelwanayo ngokuthintana ngqo nobulongwe bawo noma ngokungaqondile emoyeni. ngamanzi angcoliswe indle yawo. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuzigcina kude ukuze ulawule ukusabalala kwezifo ezithathelwanayo ezihlukahlukene futhi unciphise kakhulu izingozi empilweni yabantu neyezilwane.