---
title: "Small Indian Mongoose"
description: "Urva auropunctata — Mammiferi. The Javan mongoose is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-indian-mongoose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Indian Mongoose

> Urva auropunctata — Mammiferi. The Javan mongoose is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Urva auropunctata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4742
- iNaturalist taxon: [925979](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/925979)

## Names

- en: Small Indian Mongoose
- de: Kleiner Mungo
- es: Meloncillo chico
- fr: Mangouste tachetée

## Countries with the most observations

US (2923), IN (349), PR (170), VI (127), JM (101), FJ (82), GP (80), JP (69), BD (55), AG (52), MQ (52), DO (45)

## Summary

The Javan mongoose is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_mongoose

## Photo

![Small Indian Mongoose](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-indian-mongoose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313050886

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-indian-mongoose?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).