Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818

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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scientific name	Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818
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Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818 View in CoL

Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818 View in CoL , Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 139.

Type Locality: "Indes orientales".

Vernacular Names: Indian Gray Mongoose.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818

Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. ferrugineus Blanford 1874

Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. lanka Wroughton 1915

Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. montanus Bechthold 1936

Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. nyula Hodgson 1836

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).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).