#0108 · 🦊 mammals

Small Indian Mongoose

🇳🇱 Indische Mangoeste (auropunctata) ·Urva auropunctata

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Don Loarie · CC BY 4.0
2. © Paul Tavares · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Wayne Fidler · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Chuck Sexton · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © carolyncardilelovesbirds · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © belyykit · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Javan mongoose ( Herpestes javanicus ) is a species of mongoose found in the wild in South and Southeast Asia. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, the Bahamas, Cuba, Croatia, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and Mafia Island. The western subspecies group is sometimes treated as a separate species, the Indian mongoose or small Indian mongoose ( Herpestes auropunctatus ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,857iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).