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Small Indian Mongoose

Mammals

The small Indian mongoose is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India that has also been introduced to a number of Caribbean and Pacific islands.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Scientific Name
Urva auropunctata 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix III 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Herpestidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

River, Biomes
Source Small Indian Mongoose (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

South Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Small Indian Mongoose (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • native to Iraq/northern India, land species
  • Article text
    In Pakistan, the small Indian mongoose feeds primarily on insects including dragonflies, grasshoppers, mole crickets, ground beetles, earwigs and ants.
  • In Biome: River, Distribution and habitat
    In Iraq, the small Indian mongoose lives in the alluvial plains of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, where it inhabits riverine thickets, crop fields and orchards.
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2. Wikipedia: Small Indian mongoose
human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Quote, human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean and Pacific islands.
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3. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Herpestes javanicus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 6973
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 6973
"appendix":"III","change_type":"+","effective_at":"2014-06-24","annotation":null
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Wikidata: Small Indian Mongoose
Wikidata Q123900653, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: HerpestidaeView the Source
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