Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:238.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Central and Northern Regions" [Nepal].

DISTRIBUTION: Burma, China, India, Laos, Malaysia (Wells and Francis, 1988), Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: annamensis Bechthold, 1936; cancrivora Hodgson, 1837; formosanus Bechthold, 1936; fusca Gray, 1830; hanensis Matschie, 1907; sinensis Bechthold, 1936 .