#0425 · 🦊 mammals

Indian Grey Mongoose

🇳🇱 Indische Grijze Mangoeste ·Urva edwardsii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © sunnyjosef · CC BY 4.0
2. © Subhadra Devi · CC BY 4.0
3. © Ragoo Rao · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Subash Jeyan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Karthik · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © Hopeland · CC BY 4.0
8. © Mahathi Narayanaswamy · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Charles Thomas Hash, Jr. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. © Satyen Mehta · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Indian grey mongoose or Asian grey mongoose ( Urva edwardsii ) is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,655iNaturalist 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).