Taxon name
Herpestes edwardsii
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Herpestes edwardsii
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Common name(s)
Indian Grey Mongoose, Common Mongoose, Boro Beji, Neul, Neule, Nokul
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
A taxonomic revision is required, as four subspecies are recorded (Corbet and Hill 1992).
Ichneumon edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818; Herpestes edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818); Urva edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has been categorized as Least Concern in the view of its widespread large population and occurrence in human-dominated landscapes and tolerance to a degree of habitat modification.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Sajeda Begum
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species occurs from the central and eastern Arabian Peninsula, through Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. It has been introduced to Japan and Peninsular Malaysia (Choudhury et al. 2013). It is widely distributed all over the country minus the offshore islands and areas of the Sundarbans that regularly gets inundated by tides. Even it lives in most district towns (Khan 1982, 1985, 1987, 2015).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is terrestrial, diurnal and solitary hunter that remains active during the day and into late evening. It feeds on a variety of prey, including insects, spiders, scorpions and other invertebrates, as well as frogs, lizards, rodents, snakes that include venomous snakes too and also feeds on refuse and carrion (Khan 2015, Kamruzzaman 2009). This mongoose is commonly found in open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation. This mongoose loves old firewood stores, piles of log or bricks and abandoned segment of a countryside house. It lives in burrows, thickets, among groves of trees or bushes and even in drains (Khan 2015, Choudhury et al. 2013).
History
Vulnerable in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232
