Urva javanica
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813)
Javan Mongoose
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Viverroidea |
| Family | : Herpestidae |
| Subfamily | : Herpestinae |
| Genus | : Urva |
Species status
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953728Original name as described
ichneumon javanicus
Other common names
Small Asian Mongoose
Type locality
Java.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · Thailand · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
previously included U. auropunctata; 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. · Veron, G., Patou, M. L., Pothet, G., Simberloff, D., & Jennings, A. P. (2007). Systematic status and biogeography of the Javan and small Indian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Zoologica Scripta, 36(1), 1-10. · Veron, G., Patou, M.L., Debruyne, R., Couloux, A., Fernandez, D.A.P., Wong, S.T., Fuchs, J. and Jennings, A.P. 2015. Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora) - Solving the mystery of the elusive Collared Mongoose and Palawan mongoose. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 246–248.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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