Small Indian mongoose | |
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Small Indian mongoose in Panna National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Urva |
Species: | U. auropunctata
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Binomial name | |
Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836)
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Native distribution of the small Indian mongoose in 2016[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Mangusta auropunctata |
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.[1]