Indian Brown Mongoose

Urva fusca

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae

The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Characteristics The Indian brown mongoose appears large compared to the other mongoose species in southern Western Ghats.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Indian Brown Mongoose

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