Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 568

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Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse 1838 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 55.

Type Locality: " India ".

Vernacular Names: Indian Brown Mongoose.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Herpestes fuscus subsp. fuscus Waterhouse 1838

Subspecies Herpestes fuscus subsp. flavidens Kelaart 1850

Subspecies Herpestes fuscus subsp. maccarthiae Gray 1851

Subspecies Herpestes fuscus subsp. rubidior Pocock 1937

Subspecies Herpestes fuscus subsp. siccatus Thomas 1924

Distribution: SW India, Sri Landa.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India) as H. brachyurus fuscus ; IUCN – Vulnerable as H. f. fuscus .

Discussion: 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).