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Genus HERPESTES
Illiger, 1811
1 ) Small Indian Mongoose - Herpestes auropunctatus - Mangusta auropunctata Hodgson, 1836, central Nepal.
Distribution.
SW Asia from Iraq to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, S China.
2 ) Short-tailed Mongoose - Herpestes brachyurus - Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837, Malacca, Malaysia.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. b. brachyurus Gray, 1837 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore.
H. b. palawanus J.A. Allen, 1910 - the Philippines (Palawan & Calamian Is.)
H. b. rajah Thomas, 1921 - Borneo.
H. b. sumatrius Thomas, 1921 - Sumatra.
3 ) Indian Gray Mongoose - Herpestes edwardsii - Ichneumon edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Madras, East Indies.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. e. edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 - SE India & Sri Lanka.
H. e. carnaticus Wroughton, 1921 - SW India.
H. e. moerens Wroughton, 1915 - Bangladesh, Bhutan, C & NE India, Nepal.
H. e. montanus Bechthold, 1936 - Saudi Arabia to NW India.
H. e. pallens Ryley, 1914 - W India.
4 ) Indian Brown Mongoose - Herpestes fuscus - Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838, India.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. f. fuscus Waterhouse, 1838 - SW India.
H. f. phillipsi Thomas, 1924 - Sri Lanka (Central Province).
H. f. rubidior Pocock, 1937 - Sri Lanka (Western Province).
H. f. siccatus Thomas, 1924 - Sri Lanka (Northern Province).
5 ) Egyptian Mongoose - Herpestes ichneumon - Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758, Egypt.
Distribution.
Iberian Peninsula, N Africa, Middle East in S Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel; in Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia to E Africa in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya & S to Gabon, Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana, N Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa.
6 ) Javan Mongoose - Herpestes javanicus - Ichneumon javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Java.
Distribution.
SE Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.
7 ) Collared Mongoose - Herpestes semitorquatus - Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846, Borneo.
Distribution.
Borneo.
8 ) Ruddy Mongoose - Herpestes smithii - Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837, Bombay(?), India.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. s. smithii Gray, 1837 - India.
H. s. zeylanius Thomas, 1921 - Sri Lanka. ( * )
9 ) Crab-eating Mongoose - Herpestes urva - Gulo urva Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. u. urva Hodgson, 1836 - Nepal.
H. u. annamensis Bechthold, 1936 - Vietnam.
H. u. formosanus Bechthold, 1936 - Taiwan.
H. u. sinensis Bechthold, 1936 - S China, Hainan Is.
10 ) Stripe-necked Mongoose - Herpestes vitticollis - Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835, Travancore, South India.
Subspecies and Distribution.
H. v. vitticollis Bennett, 1835 - SW India & Sri Lanka.
H. v. inornatus Pocock, 1941 - W India
( * ) See Pictures