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small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii ferrugineus), Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)
| Subject: | small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii ferrugineus), Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)
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Skulls of Herpestes javanicus, Herpestes edwardsii and Herpestes fuscus
Date 1941
Source Fauna of British India: Mammals Vol. II
Author Reginald Pocock (4 March 1863 - 9 August 1947)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herpestesskulls.png
The small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) is a species of mongoose found in the wild in South and Southeast Asia. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, the Bahamas, Cuba, Croatia, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and Mafia Island.
The Indian grey mongoose or common grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) is a mongoose species mainly found in West Asia and on the Indian subcontinent. The grey mongoose is commonly found in open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation.
The Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) looks similar to the short-tailed mongoose from Southeast Asia. The Indian brown mongoose is found in southwest India and Sri Lanka. |
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