Collared mongoose

Collared mongoose
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Urva
Species:	U. semitorquata
Binomial name
	Urva semitorquata; Gray, 1846
	Collared mongoose range
Synonyms
	List Herpestes semitorquatus (J. E. Gray, 1846) ; Herpestes parvus (Jentink, 1895) ; Mungos palawanus (J. A. Allen, 1910) ; Mungos parvus (Hollister, 1912) ; Mungos semitorquatus uniformis (H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1919) ; Herpestes brachyurus parvus (Sanborn, 1952) ; Herpestes semitorquatus semitorquatus (D. D. Davis, 1962) ; Herpestes brachyurus palawanus (Wozencraft, 2005) ; Herpestes semitorquatus uniformis (Wozencraft, 2005) ; Urva semitorquata Patou, McLenachan, Morley, Couloux, A. P. Jennings, & Veron, 2009 ; ;

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.^[1]

Taxonomy

Herpestes semitorquatus was the scientific name proposed by John Edward Gray in 1846 for a dark brown mongoose specimen collected in Borneo.^[3] Mungos semitorquatus uniformis proposed by Herbert C. Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss in 1919 were two collared mongooses collected in Ophir District, West Sumatra.^[4] All Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva.^[2]

Bornean and Sumatran collared mongooses exhibit little genetic divergence.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Mathai, J.; Hearn, A.; Brodie, J.; Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J.W.; Ross, J.; Holden, J.; Gemita, E.; Hon, J. (2015). "Herpestes semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41616A45208027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41616A45208027.en.
^ ^a ^b "Urva semitorquata (J. E. Gray, 1846) Collared Mongoose". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ Gray, J.E. (1846). "New species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 18 (118): 211–212.
^ Robinson, H.C. & 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.
^ 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. doi:10.1111/zoj.12110.

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[iucn-1] Mathai, J.; Hearn, A.; Brodie, J.; Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J.W.; Ross, J.; Holden, J.; Gemita, E.; Hon, J. (2015). "Herpestes semitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41616A45208027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41616A45208027.en.

[MDD-2] "Urva semitorquata (J. E. Gray, 1846) Collared Mongoose". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[3] Gray, J.E. (1846). "New species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 18 (118): 211–212.

[4] Robinson, H.C. & 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.

[5] 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. doi:10.1111/zoj.12110.

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