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[2]
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

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]