Stripe-necked Mongoose
Herpestes vitticollis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyHerpestidae (Mongooses)
- GenusHerpestes (Slender Mongooses)
- SpeciesHerpestes vitticollis (Stripe-necked Mongoose)
The stripe-necked mongoose (Urva vitticolla) is a mongoose species native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Mudumalai National Park
Indian Gray Mongoose
Herpestes edwardsi
Ruddy Mongoose
Herpestes smithii
Dhole
Cuon alpinus
Common Palm Civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Smooth Coated Otter
Lutrogale perspicillata
Tiger
Panthera tigris
Small Indian Civet
Viverricula indica
Striped Hyena
Hyaena hyaena
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Stripe-necked Mongoose at Mudumalai National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |