Collared mongoose | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Urva |
Species: | U. semitorquata
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Binomial name | |
Urva semitorquata
Gray, 1846
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Collared mongoose range | |
Synonyms | |
Herpestes semitorquatus |
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]
Herpestes semitorquatus was the scientific name proposed by John Edward Gray in 1846 for a dark brown mongoose specimen collected in Borneo. [2] Mungos semitorquatus uniformis proposed by Herbert C. Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss in 1919 were two collared mongooses collected in Ophir District, West Sumatra. [3] All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva. [4]
Bornean and Sumatran collared mongooses exhibit little genetic divergence. [5]