Bengal Mongoose

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iBengal Mongoose
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Subfamily: Herpestinae
Genus: Herpestes
Species: H. palustris
Binomial name
Herpestes palustris
Ghose, 1965

May be a subspecies of the Indian Mongoose. Also known as the Marsh Mongoose, not to be confused with Atilax paludinosus, which is also called the Marsh Mongoose. Other synonyms include Indian Marsh Mongoose and Bengali Water Mongoose.


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