Indian brown mongoose
| Indian brown mongoose | |
|---|---|
| Western Ghats, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Urva |
| Species: | U. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Urva fusca Waterhouse, 1838 | |
| Indian brown mongoose range | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Herpestes fuscus | |
The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.