Urva edwardsii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)

Indian Gray Mongoose

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Herpestinae
Genus : Urva

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813-03. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. 1818. Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, 752 pp.

Original name as described

ichneumon Edwardsii

Type locality

Madras, East Indies.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bahrain · Saudi Arabia · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka

Taxonomy notes

moved from Herpestes to Urva

Taxonomy notes citation

Patou, M-L., Mclenachan, P.A., Morley, C.G., Couloux, A., Jennings, A.P., Veron, G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 69-80.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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