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Collared mongoose Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collared_mongoose

Collared mongoose
Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]
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.[1]

Taxonomy

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Herpestes semitorquatus was the scientific name proposed by John Edward Gray in 1846 for a dark brown mongoose specimen collected in Borneo.[3] Mungos semitorquatus uniformis proposed by Herbert C. Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss in 1919 were two collared mongooses collected in Ophir District, West Sumatra.[4] All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva.[2]

Bornean and Sumatran collared mongooses exhibit little genetic divergence.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mathai, J.; Hearn, A.; Brodie, J.; Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J.W.; Ross, J.; Holden, J.; Gemita, E.; Hon, J. (2015). "Herpestes semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41616A45208027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41616A45208027.en.
  2. ^ a b "Urva semitorquata (J. E. Gray, 1846) Collared Mongoose". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. ^ Gray, J.E. (1846). "New species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 18 (118): 211–212.
  4. ^ Robinson, H.C. & Kloss, C.B. (1919). "On mammals chiefly from the Ophir District, W.-Sumatra, collected by Mr. E. Jacobson". Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums. 7: 302.
  5. ^ Veron, G.; Patou, M-L.; Debruyne, R.; Couloux, A.; Fernandez, D.A.P.; Wong, S.T.; Fuchs, J.; Jennings, A.P. (2015). "Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora): solving the mystery of the elusive collared mongoose and Palawan mongoose". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 173: 236–248. doi:10.1111/zoj.12110.


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