Short-tailed Mongoose

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Short-tailed Mongoose
Conservation status
Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Herpestidae Subfamily: Herpestinae Genus: Herpestes Species: H. brachyurus
Binomial name
Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837

The Short-tailed Mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus) is a species of mongoose that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

The species is red-brown to black, with black limbs. The head is more grayish, with a bleak spot on the chin. This species has a total length of 60 to 65 cm (including tail) and a weight of about 1.4 kg. The tail is relatively short, about 25 cm.

The Short-tailed Mongoose is found in lowland rainforests of Malacca, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippine islands Palawan and Busuanga. It is common in the neighbourhood of rivers and other bodies of waters.