Herpestes smithii — Overview

Long-tailed Mongoose learn more about names for this taxon

IUCN threat status:

Least Concern (LC)

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Range Description

The ruddy mongoose is found in Southern India: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Yoganand and Kumar 1995), central India (Shekhar 2003) and Sri Lanka (Ratnayeke pers. comm.). There are recent records in northern India from Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh, Sariska TR, and Rajasthan.

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