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The Indian grey mongoose is often kept as a pet to keep dwellings free from rats and other pests. [16] The Indian grey mongoose is the state animal of Chandigarh. [17] The species is protected in India, but an illegal trade in hair for the purposes of making of paint brushes and shaving brushes continues, and this is one of its most significant ...
Four mongooses (clockwise from top left): meerkat (Suricata suricatta), yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), Indian grey mongoose (Urva edwardsii), and common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguinea) Herpestidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, composed of the mongooses and the meerkat. A member of this family is called a ...
Urva is a genus comprising the Asian mongooses within the mongoose family Herpestidae. Species in the genus were formerly classified in the genus Herpestes, which is now thought to comprise exclusively African mongooses; phylogenetic evidence indicates that the Asian mongooses form a monophyletic group and had an Asian common ancestor.
Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) Gray, 1837 Malabar spiny dormouse ( Platacanthomys lasiurus ) Blyth, 1859 White-tailed mountain vole ( Alticola albicauda ) (True, 1894)
mongoose, hawaii, invasive species If brown tree snakes ever get a toehold on Hawaii, they will find a tough reception. One famed snake predator, the small Asian mongoose (also known as the Indian ...
Until 1835, 12 mongoose species from Africa and Asia were classified as belonging to the genus Herpestes. [6] In 1864, John Edward Gray listed 22 Herpestes species, which he considered as part of the Viverridae. [7] In 1882, Oldfield Thomas reviewed African mongoose zoological specimens in natural history museums.
The crab-eating mongoose is grey on the sides and dusky brown on neck, chest, belly and limbs. It has a broad white stripe on the sides of the neck extending from the cheeks to the shoulder. [3] It has white specks on the top of the head, its chin is white and its throat gray. Its iris is yellow. Its ears are short and rounded.
Small Indian mongooses in northern Okinawa Island were infected with Leptospira [34] and antibiotic-resistant strains of Escherichia coli. [35] The small Indian mongoose is a major rabies vector in Puerto Rico, but transmission to humans is low. [36]