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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

 

 

 

 

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