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    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...
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    The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern India; it has also been introduced to several Caribbean...
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    listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The Egyptian mongoose's long, coarse fur is grey to reddish brown and ticked with brown and yellow flecks...
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    the Kanara province, and lacks a reddish tint to its fur. Indian grey mongoose Ruddy mongoose Muddapa, D.; Choudhury, A.; Punjabi, G. A. (2016). "Herpestes...
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  • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (category Fictional mongooses)
    young Indian grey mongoose. It has often been anthologized and published several times as a short book. Book 5 of Panchatantra, an ancient Indian collection...
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    A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family is currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae...
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    It is distinguished by the Indian grey mongoose by its slightly larger size and jet black-tipped tail. The ruddy mongoose is mainly a forest-living animal...
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    The Cape grey mongoose (Herpestes pulverulentus), also called the small grey mongoose, is a small mammal native to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Namibia...
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    The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka...
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    species revealed that the Javan mongoose forms a sister group with the Indian grey mongoose (U. edwardsii). The Javan mongoose probably evolved about 0.5 million...
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    smaller size, grey colouration, a grey or darker grey tip to the tail, and shorter hair more appropriate to the hotter climate. The yellow mongoose is primarily...
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    The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only...
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    common slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus), also known as the black-tipped mongoose or the black-tailed mongoose, is a very common mongoose species native...
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    these properties through convergent evolution, including members of the mongoose, civet, weasel, cat, and bear families.) The coati snout is long and somewhat...
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    Bengal fox (redirect from Indian Fox)
    (Millardia meltada), little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga), Indian gerbil (Tatera indica), Indian mynah (Acridotheres tristis), grey partridge (Francolinus...
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    hunting and trapping driven by the demand for bushmeat. The large Indian civet is grey or tawny and has a black spinal stripe running from behind the shoulders...
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    The banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose species native from the Sahel to Southern Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and...
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    Herpestes lemanensis (category Mongooses)
    equals a large Indian civet, but its dentition resembles that of the Indian grey mongoose. Pomel, A. (1853). "Herpestes lemanensis". Catalogue méthodique et...
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    the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like that of an otter, mongoose or even possibly a ferret. They range in length from about 43 to 71 cm...
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  • Thumbnail for Common dwarf mongoose
    The common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) is a mongoose species native to Angola, northern Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Zambia and East...
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    Urva is a genus comprising the Asian mongooses within the mongoose family Herpestidae. Species in the genus were formerly classified in the genus Herpestes...
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    the domestic dog as Canis familiaris and, on the next page, classified the grey wolf as Canis lupus. Linnaeus considered the dog to be a separate species...
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    Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary (category Use Indian English from July 2020)
    Other fauna inhabit this region are Golden Jackal, Black-naped hare, Indian grey mongoose and nearly 15 species of fish were reported Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary...
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  • Thumbnail for Crab-eating mongoose
    The crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva) is a mongoose species ranging from the northeastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and...
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    mostly straw-coloured or grey. The young are often paler than the adults, but the head is always closely speckled with grey or buff. The long mystacial...
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    only species in genus Viverricula. The small Indian civet has a rather coarse fur that is brownish grey to pale yellowish brown, with usually several...
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    Gray fox (redirect from Grey fox)
    The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America...
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    Mowgli and his wife. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Indian grey mongoose) Nag and Nagaina (Indian cobras) – Nag is the Hindi word for "cobra". Darzee...
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    Urva Small Indian mongoose (U. auropunctata) Short-tailed mongoose (U. brachyura) Indian grey mongoose (U. edwardsii) Indian brown mongoose (U. fusca)...
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    Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses, Malagasy carnivorans and the hyenas. Herpestoids, with the exception of...
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