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title: "Indian Brown Mongoose"
description: "Urva fusca — Zoogdieren. The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/indian-brown-mongoose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indian Brown Mongoose

> Urva fusca — Zoogdieren. The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji.

- Scientific name: *Urva fusca*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 166
- Wikidata: [Q99217582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99217582)
- iNaturalist taxon: [925975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/925975)

## Names

- en: Indian Brown Mongoose
- de: Indische Kurzschwanzmanguste
- es: Meloncillo marrón indio
- fr: Mangouste brune

## Countries with the most observations

LK (99), IN (40)

## Summary

The Indian brown mongoose or brown mongoose (Urva fusca) is a mongoose species native to the Western Ghats in India and the western coast in Sri Lanka and introduced to Fiji. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260522216

## Machine access

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