Abstract
We are reporting four new records of Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus Gray, 1837 from four protected areas in Western Ghats including Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Periyar Tiger Reserve and Pampadum Shola National Park and one new site record outside a protected area from Pambanar Tea plantation in Idukki dt. situated in Kerala part of southern Western Ghats. An updated distribution map of Brown Mongoose in Western Ghats is presented here.
Highlights
The Brown Mongoose was sighted from different parts of Idukki District in Kerala
A Brown Mongoose was sighted from Eravikulam National Park near Poovar camp shed (Fig. 1, Table 1)
The Brown Mongoose was earlier camera trapped on 9 December 2012, from the Eravikulam Hut region of the National Park (Sreehari et al 2013)
Summary
Note RecentrecordsanddfsitrfibutfionofftheIndfianBrown Mongoose HerpestesffuscusGray,1837(Mammafflia: Carnfivora:Herpestfidae)ffromthesouthern WesternGhats, Indfia
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