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Stripe-necked
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF78B9A09F6ECFEE4" box="[2066,2416,277,323]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Herpestes vitticollis</emphasis>
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/
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/
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF7809A87F728FE1F" bold="true" box="[2073,2228,411,440]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF74B9A87F64EFE1F" box="[2258,2514,411,440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Herpestes uvitticollis</emphasis>
Bennett, 1835
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,
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Travancore, South
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF7839911F635FD89" bold="true" box="[2074,2473,525,558]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Subspecies and Distribution.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="5B964D26FFCBFF8DF7839929F62FFDF1" authority="Bennett, 1835" authorityName="Bennett" authorityYear="1835" box="[2074,2483,565,598]" class="Mammalia" family="Herpestidae" genus="Herpestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="7" pageNumber="312" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="vitticollis" subSpecies="vitticollis" variety="vitticollis">
<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF7839929F743FDF1" box="[2074,2271,565,598]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">H. v. vitticollis</emphasis>
Bennett, 1835
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— SW
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and
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.
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<taxonomicName id="5B964D26FFCBFF8DF782999FF625FD03" authority="Pocock, 1941" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1941" box="[2075,2489,643,676]" class="Mammalia" family="Herpestidae" genus="Herpestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="7" pageNumber="312" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="vitticollis" subSpecies="inornatus" variety="inornatus">
<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DF782999FF773FD03" box="[2075,2287,643,676]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">H. v. inornatus</emphasis>
Pocock, 1941
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— W
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(Karnatka).
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Mean measurements for
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: head-body 48-9 cm (males), 46-4 cm (females), tail 32-5 cm (males), 30-4 cm (females); weight up to 3-1 kg (males), up to 1-7 kg (females). Mean measurements for
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: head-body 52:
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(males), 47-4 cm (females), tail 31-5 cm (males), 29-7 cm (females); weight up to 3-4 kg (males), up to 2:
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(females). A large mongoose, with long guard hairs and a neck stripe. The head is iron-gray to purplish-brown, finely speckled with yellow, darkest on the forehead and paler on the sides. The front part of the body is reddish-yellow, grizzled with brown; the rear part is orange-red and lightly grizzled. A black band runs from behind the ears along the sides of the neck to the shoulders. The ears are rounded and covered with short,fine, reddish-brown hairs. The chin and throat are the same color as the cheeks, but are less grizzled. The undersurface of the neck and chest are brownish-yellow and the belly is orange-yellow, but is not abruptly defined from the color of the chest. The underfur is sparse and pale yellow-brown. The dorsal hairs are 50-60 mm long. The hairs on the sides are greater than
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long; they are banded with black and gray, and end in long orange-red tips. The general color of the tail is orange-red except for the 9cm-long black tip; the hairs at the base of the tail are about
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long, but decrease in length towards the tip. The forelegs, front of the hindlegs, and tarsus are dark purplish-brown. There are five toes on the foreand hindfeet. The skull is large, has a flattened and expanded frontal region, a narrow long muzzle, powerful teeth, and an auditory bulla with a pronounced projection of the posterior chamber. Dental formula: 13/3,C1/1,P4/4,M 2/2 = 40.
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2D9D42F9BFF9DC" bold="true" box="[1460,1571,1630,1659]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Habitat.</emphasis>
Evergreen and deciduous forest. Seen in swampy clearings and along watercourses, and also in plantations and open scrub. In
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, its distribution may encompass lowland dry forest; it is rarely sighted in disturbed areas or close to human settlements. Recorded up to
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.
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The dietis reported to include small mammals, birds, birds eggs, reptiles, insects, and roots. It has also been suggested that crabs, frogs, and fish may be part of the diet, due to its habit of hunting by the banks of rivers and frequenting swamps and flooded rice fields. This species has been observed scavenging on Sambar (
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) and Indian Hare (
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), and seen foraging in soft, damp soil and swamps.
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2B9CF8F901F7A2" bold="true" box="[1458,1693,2020,2053]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
Appears to be mainly diurnal.
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Usually solitary, but also seen in pairs.
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2D9345F9A1F7DD" bold="true" box="[1460,1597,2137,2170]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Breeding.</emphasis>
Litter size may be two or three. On
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, a female was observed in May suckling three young on a dry patch of earth, under an overhanging mass of rocks.
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<subSubSection id="D48C652EFFCBFF8DFA2C93D3F869F5F4" pageId="7" pageNumber="312" type="conservation">
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2C93D3F88FF757" bold="true" box="[1461,1811,2255,2288]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
CITES Appendix III (
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). Classified as Least Concern in
<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2093EBF932F6BF" box="[1465,1710,2295,2328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">The IUCN Red List</emphasis>
. This species is hunted for meat and for its fur, but the chief threat may be habitat loss. In
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, it is rare in the northern part of its range, and most abundant in southern
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, the Nilghiri and Palni plateaus, the High Wavy Mountains, and in the Anamalai Hills. In
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,is fairly common in the higher hills of the Central Highlands, but seems to be declining. The species is not uncommon in the low-country along the banks of the Menik Ganga (Sri Lankas Dry Zone), and is present, but not common, in the Kalutara District (Western Province). May be particularly vulnerable due to its restricted distribution. Field surveys, ecological studies, and assessments of threats are urgently needed.
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<emphasis id="AEE2EAB7FFCBFF8DFA2F917DF9CCF5DD" bold="true" box="[1462,1616,2657,2682]" pageId="7" pageNumber="312">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Hinton &amp; Dunn (1967), IUCN (2008), Madhusudan (1995), Pocock (1941a), Prater (1980),
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Rompaey &amp; Jayakumar (2003), Wozencraft (2005), Yoganand &amp; Kumar (1995).
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