Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836

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

Type Locality: "Central and Northern Regions" [Nepal].

Vernacular Names: Crab-eating Mongoose.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Herpestes urva subsp. urva Hodgson 1836

Subspecies Herpestes urva subsp. annamensis Bechthold 1936

Subspecies Herpestes urva subsp. formosanus Bechthold 1936

Subspecies Herpestes urva subsp. sinensis Bechthold 1936

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

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

Discussion: Synonyms allocated after Bechthold (1939).