Urva

• Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata

  

  A slender mongoose with short, rounded ears. It is active by day, usually alone, and eats insects, small animals, fruit, and other foods.

• Short-tailed Mongoose Urva brachyura

  

  The short-tailed mongoose occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. It searches the forest floor for prey by day and is generally solitary.

• Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii

  

  A mongoose of South Asia and Arabia, recognized by its silver-gray speckled coat and white-tipped tail.

• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca

  

  The Indian brown mongoose is a dark-brown mongoose found in the Western Ghats and parts of Sri Lanka.

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica

  

  The Javan mongoose is a mongoose found in Southeast Asia. A study on Java examined traces of its varied animal prey in fecal DNA.

• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii

  

  The ruddy mongoose is found in India and is marked by a dark, reddish coat and a black tail tip. It favors forests and is most active around dawn and dusk.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Stripe-necked Mongoose Urva vitticollis

  The stripe-necked mongoose is a large Asian mongoose. Cameras have also recorded it in forests in Odisha, eastern India.

• Collared Mongoose Urva semitorquata

  This mongoose is found in forests on Borneo and Sumatra. Much about its ecology, including its habitat preferences, remains poorly known.

• Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii

  A mongoose of South Asia and Arabia, recognized by its silver-gray speckled coat and white-tipped tail.

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica

  The Javan mongoose is a mongoose found in Southeast Asia. A study on Java examined traces of its varied animal prey in fecal DNA.

• Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata

  A slender mongoose with short, rounded ears. It is active by day, usually alone, and eats insects, small animals, fruit, and other foods.

• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

  The crab-eating mongoose has a white stripe from its cheeks to its chest. A camera survey in Nepal's Bardia National Park recorded it near rivers and photographed it during the day.

• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii

  The ruddy mongoose is found in India and is marked by a dark, reddish coat and a black tail tip. It favors forests and is most active around dawn and dusk.

• Stripe-necked Mongoose Urva vitticollis

  The stripe-necked mongoose is a large Asian mongoose. Cameras have also recorded it in forests in Odisha, eastern India.

• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca

  The Indian brown mongoose is a dark-brown mongoose found in the Western Ghats and parts of Sri Lanka.

• Short-tailed Mongoose Urva brachyura

  The short-tailed mongoose occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. It searches the forest floor for prey by day and is generally solitary.