Herpestes javanicus (Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Petko, Olga N., Makchai, Sunchai, Artchawakom, Taksin & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2025, Mammal diversity survey of Ko Pha-ngan in Surat Thani Province, Thailand, ZooKeys 1229, pp. 77-102 : 77-102

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1229.118127

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B3CBC4C1-F523-43C6-953C-21EF57DBA8F6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14925512

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2575EBB5-0D8D-5D0D-80F9-48070B85CC8A

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scientific name

Herpestes javanicus (Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
status

 

Herpestes javanicus (Saint-Hilaire, 1818) View in CoL

Fig. 7 B Javan mongoose View Figure 7

Notes.

This species was detected on camera traps on five different occasions (Table 2 View Table 2 ) in two different areas of national park forest transects (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ). Diurnally (daytime) actively foraging for mainly insects; however, also known to eat snakes, frogs, small mammals, and birds ( Wilson and Mittermeier 2009).

Wilson D, Mittermeier R (2009) A Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1: Carnivores. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, 737 pp.

Gallery Image

Figure 6. Detection for each species by habitat (green = NPF, blue = HDF, and yellow = HS).

Gallery Image

Figure 7. A Civet with prey item in national park forest habitat B Mongoose near trap site in national park forest habitat.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Herpestidae

Genus

Herpestes