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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
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--> FAMILY Herpestidae
--> GENUS Herpestes
SPECIES Herpestes fuscus
Author: | Waterhouse, 1838. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 55. | Common Name: | Indian Brown Mongoose | Type Locality: | "India". | Distribution: | SW India, Sri Landa. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India) as H. brachyurus fuscus; IUCN – Vulnerable as H. f. fuscus. | Comments: | Some have placed fuscus in brachyurus (Bechthold, 1936; Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972). Fredga (1972) and Corbet and Hill (1992) argued that it should remain separate. Corbet and Hill (1992) recognized only four subspecies (fuscus, phillipsi, siccatus, rubidior). |
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