Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> ORDER CARNIVORA  --> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA  --> FAMILY Herpestidae  --> GENUS Herpestes

SPECIES Herpestes edwardsi

Author:E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818.
Citation:Descrip. de L'Egypte, 2: 139.
Common Name:Indian Gray Mongoose
Type Locality:"Indes orientales".
Distribution:Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, Sri Lanka. Populations believed to be introductions in Malaysia, Ryukyu Isls, Mauritius (Corbet and Hill, 1980; Wells, 1989).
Status:CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
EXPORT AS CSV Back to search results

Offspring:

SUBSPECIES edwardsi

SUBSPECIES ferrugineus

SUBSPECIES lanka

SUBSPECIES montanus

SUBSPECIES nyula

Synonyms:


  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu