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Collared mongoose

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Collared mongoose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. semitorquatus
Binomial name
Herpestes semitorquatus
Gray, 1846
Collared mongoose range

Their pelage is typically either brown or reddish-brown. It has also been recorded that some of the pelage has been seen to be in some individual mongoose that is reddish-orange, yet it has only been recorded in Sabah which is a Malaysian state.

With the collected information it was recorded that there were 117 occurrences from all the regions not including Brunei and South Kalimantan. The collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus) is a mongoose species in the family Herpestidae native to Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Subspecies

  • H. semitorquatus semitorquatus
  • H. s. uniformis

References

  1. ^ Mathai, J.; Hearn, A.; Brodie, J.; Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J. W.; Ross, J.; Holden, J.; Gemita, E.; Hon, J. (2015). "Herpestes semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41616A45208027. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)