Collared mongoose

Collared mongoose
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Urva
Species:
U. semitorquata
Binomial name
Urva semitorquata
Gray, 1846
Collared mongoose range
Synonyms
List
    • Herpestes semitorquatus (J. E. Gray, 1846)
    • Herpestes parvus (Jentink, 1895)
    • Mungos palawanus (J. A. Allen, 1910)
    • Mungos parvus (Hollister, 1912)
    • Mungos semitorquatus uniformis (H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
    • Herpestes brachyurus parvus (Sanborn, 1952)
    • Herpestes semitorquatus semitorquatus (D. D. Davis, 1962)
    • Herpestes brachyurus palawanus (Wozencraft, 2005)
    • Herpestes semitorquatus uniformis (Wozencraft, 2005)
    • Urva semitorquata Patou, McLenachan, Morley, Couloux, A. P. Jennings, & Veron, 2009

The collared mongoose (Urva semitorquata) is a mongoose species native to Borneo and Sumatra; its presence in the Philippines is uncertain. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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