Collared mongoose explained

The collared mongoose (Urva semitorquata) is a mongoose species native to Borneo and Sumatra; its presence in the Philippines is uncertain. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Taxonomy

Herpestes semitorquatus was the scientific name proposed by John Edward Gray in 1846 for a dark brown mongoose specimen collected in Borneo.^[1] Mungos semitorquatus uniformis proposed by Herbert C. Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss in 1919 were two collared mongooses collected in Ophir District, West Sumatra.^[2] All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva.^[3]

Bornean and Sumatran collared mongooses exhibit little genetic divergence.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Gray, J.E. . 1846 . New species of Mammalia . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology . 18 . 118 . 211–212 .
2. Robinson, H.C. . amp . Kloss, C.B. . 1919 . On mammals chiefly from the Ophir District, W.-Sumatra, collected by Mr. E. Jacobson . Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums . 7 . 302 .
3. Web site: ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 2021-07-08. www.mammaldiversity.org.
4. Veron, G. . Patou, M-L. . Debruyne, R. . Couloux, A. . Fernandez, D.A.P. . Wong, S.T. . Fuchs, J. . Jennings, A.P. . 2015 . Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora): solving the mystery of the elusive collared mongoose and Palawan mongoose . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 173 . 236–248 . 10.1111/zoj.12110.