Collared mongoose

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]

Collared mongoose
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[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
Herpestes semitorquatus Mungos semitorquatus

Taxonomy

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

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

References

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.
2. Gray, J.E. (1846). "New species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 18 (118): 211–212.
3. 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.
4. "ASM Mammal Diversity Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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.