Herpestes smithii Gray 1837

Herpestes smithii Gray 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 578.

Type Locality: Not given. Thomas (1923) suggested that it was from the " Bombay Region" but this was questioned by Pocock (1937).

Vernacular Names: Ruddy Mongoose.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Herpestes smithii subsp. smithii Gray 1837

Subspecies Herpestes smithii subsp. thysanurus Wagner 1839

Subspecies Herpestes smithii subsp. zeylanius Thomas 1921

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).