Small Asian mongoose is a common name applied to two mammals which were formerly considered to be a single species:
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Javan mongoose
The Javan mongoose (''Urva javanica'') is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
''Ichneumon javanicus'' was the scientific name proposed by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818. It was later classified in the genus ''Herpestes' ...
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Small Indian mongoose
The small Indian mongoose (''Urva auropunctata'') is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern South Asia; it has also been introduced to many regions of the world, such as several Caribbean and Pacific islands.
Taxonomy
''Mangusta auropun ...
Mammal common names
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