Indian brown mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Indian brown mongoose Herpestes fuscus Least concern

Where the Indian brown mongoose lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 276 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Herpestes fuscus
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Where does the Indian brown mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Indian brown mongoose in 2 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Indian brown mongoose endangered?

The Indian brown mongoose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Indian brown mongoose?

The Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Herpestes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Indian brown mongoose

The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Indian brown mongoose (revision 1365490506), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1535110 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).