Biology:Collared mongoose

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Short description: Species of mongoose from Southeast Asia

Collared mongoose
Herpestes semitorquatus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. semitorquatus
Binomial name
Herpestes semitorquatus
Gray, 1846
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Collared mongoose range

The collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus) 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

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]

Bornean and Sumatran collared mongooses exhibit little genetic divergence.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mathai, J.; Hearn, A.; Brodie, J.; Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J. W.; Ross, J.; Holden, J.; Gemita, E. et al. (2015). "Herpestes semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41616A45208027. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41616/45208027. 
  2. Gray, J.E. (1846). "New species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology 18 (118): 211–212. https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof18lond/page/211. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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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