Life Mammalia Carnivora Viverridae

• Herpestes auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836) Iraq, Iran - N.India - Malaya, Hainan, Hawaii (introduced), Caribbean Islands, Guyana - French Guiana. See [maps] Small Indian Mongoose Indian Mongoose

  • Mangusta auropunctata Hodgson, 1836; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5: 236; TL: Nepal
  • pallustris

  = javanicus?

  • H. a. pallipes (Blyth, 1845)

    • auropunctata pallipes (Blyth, 1845); ; TL: Kandahar
    • helvus
    • persicus
• Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837 Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra. See [maps]

  • Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836: 88; TL: Malaysia, Malacca
  • Herpestes hosei Jentink, 1903; Notes Leyden Mus. 23: 226; TL: Sarawak, Baram River
  • ?fuscus
• Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy, 1818) NE.Arabia - Iran - Baluchistan, India, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Malaya (introduced), Mauritus, Ryukyu Islands. See [maps] Indian Grey Mongoose

  • Ichneumon edwardsii Geoffroy, 1818; Descrip. de L'Egypte 2: 139; TL: Madras
  • edwardsi ferrugineus (Blanford, 1874); ; TL: Sind
  • andersoni
  • montanus
  • pallens
• Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838 Sri Lanka, S.India. See [maps]

  • Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838: 55; TL: India

  = brachyurus?

• Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) S.Spain, Portugal, Morocco - Tunisa, Egypt, E.Libya?, Palestine, S.Asia Minor, Africa (south of Sahara, savanna zones). See [maps] Egyptian Mongoose

  • Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 43; TL: Egypt, Nile River
  • H. i. ichneumon

    • aegyptiae
    • major
    • pharaon
  • H. i. numidicus (Cuvier, 1834)

    • ichneumon numidicus (Cuvier, 1834); (Morocco - Tunisia)
    • sangronizi
  • H. i. widdringtoni Gray, 1842

    • ichneumon widdringtoni (Gray, 1842); (Iberia)
    • dorsalis
    • ferruginea (Seabra)
    • grisea (Seabra)
• Herpestes javanicus (Geoffroy, 1818) Java, Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Kampuchea, C.Vietnam. See [maps]

  • javanicus (Geoffroy, 1818); Descrip. de L'Egypte 2: 138; TL: Indonesia, West Java
• Herpestes naso De Winton, 1901 SE.Nigeria - Gabon, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Herpestes naso De Winton, 1901; Bull. Liverpool Mus. 3: 35; TL: Cameroun, Cameroun River
  • Xenogale naso
  • microdon
• Herpestes pulverulentus (Wagner, 1839) S.Angola, Namibia, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • pulverulentus (Wagner, 1839); Gelehrte Anzeign. I. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 9: 426; TL: Cape of Good Hope

  • Galerella pulverulenta;
• Herpestes sanguineus (Ruppell, 1835) Subsaharan Africa

  • sanguineus (Ruppell, 1835); Neue Wirbelt. Fauna Abyssin. Gehorig. Saugeth. 1: 27; TL: Sudan, Kordofan
  • dentifer
  • granti
  • ochraceus

  • Galerella sanguinea;
• Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846 Borneo, Sumatra. See [maps]

  • Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 18: 211; TL: Mainland opposite Labuan (Brunei)
• Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837 India, Sri Lanka. See [maps]

  • Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837; Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth), 1: 578; TL: India, Bombay
• Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) S.China, Taiwan, Nepal - Indochina. See [maps]

  • urva (Hodgson, 1836); J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5: 238; TL: Nepal
• Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835 S.India, Sri Lanka. See [maps]

  • Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1835: 67; TL: India, Travancore

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