Stripe-necked mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Stripe-necked mongoose Herpestes vitticollis Least concern

Where the stripe-necked 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 627 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Herpestes vitticollis
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 stripe-necked mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the stripe-necked 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 stripe-necked mongoose endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the stripe-necked mongoose?

The stripe-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Herpestes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the stripe-necked mongoose

The stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) is a mongoose species native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Stripe-necked mongoose (revision 1365465336), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q735968 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).