Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818
Herpestes edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818, Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 139.
Type Locality: "Indes orientales".
Vernacular Names: Indian Gray Mongoose.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. edwardsi E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818
Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. ferrugineus Blanford 1874
Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. lanka Wroughton 1915
Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. montanus Bechthold 1936
Subspecies Herpestes edwardsi subsp. nyula Hodgson 1836
Distribution: Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, Sri Lanka. Populations believed to be introductions in Malaysia, Ryukyu Isls, Mauritius (Corbet and Hill, 1980; Wells, 1989).
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).