Indian Brown Mongoose
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| name = Indian Brown Mongoose
| image = Brown Mongoose.jpg
| image_caption =Adult from the southern Western Ghats
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =
| regnum = Animal
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| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
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| subfamilia = Herpestinae
| genus = Herpestes
| species = H. fuscus
| binomial = Herpestes fuscus
| binomial_authority = Waterhouse
, 1838
| range_map = Indian Brown Mongoose area.png
| range_map_caption = Indian Brown Mongoose range
}}
The Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) looks similar to the Short-tailed Mongoose
from Southeast Asia and is sometimes even believed to be only a subspecies of this latter. The Indian Brown Mongoose is found in southwest India and Sri Lanka.
| image = Brown Mongoose.jpg
| image_caption =Adult from the southern Western Ghats
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =
| regnum = Animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
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| phylum = Chordata
Chordate
Chordates are animals which are either vertebrates or one of several closely related invertebrates. They are united by having, for at least some period of their life cycle, a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail...
| classis = Mammalia
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
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| subfamilia = Herpestinae
| genus = Herpestes
Herpestes
Herpestes is a genus of the mongoose family, Herpestidae .It contains the following species and subspecies:* Short-tailed Mongoose, Herpestes brachyurus** H. b. brachyurus...
| species = H. fuscus
| binomial = Herpestes fuscus
| binomial_authority = Waterhouse
George Robert Waterhouse
George Robert Waterhouse was an English naturalist.In 1833, Waterhouse was elected as the Royal Entomological Society of London's librarian and curator of insects and records....
, 1838
| range_map = Indian Brown Mongoose area.png
| range_map_caption = Indian Brown Mongoose range
}}
The Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) looks similar to the Short-tailed Mongoose
Short-tailed Mongoose
The Short-tailed Mongoose is a species of mongoose that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.The species is red-brown to black, with black limbs. The head is more grayish, with a black spot on the chin. This species has a total length of 60 to 65 cm and a weight of about 1.4 kg...
from Southeast Asia and is sometimes even believed to be only a subspecies of this latter. The Indian Brown Mongoose is found in southwest India and Sri Lanka.