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MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WOULD 



Fig. 42 — Short-tailed Mongoose 



brown or black. Many of the hairs are tipped with buff, espe- 

 cially on the head and tail. The legs are black. The head and 

 body are about twenty inches long and the tail ten inches. 



Hose's Mongoose (Herpestes hosei) is a smaller and browner 

 animal than the short-tailed mongoose. It is confined to Borneo. 



The Collared Mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus) like- 

 wise is found only in Borneo. It is a richly colored animal, dark 

 brown with huffy grizzling, and the sides and underparts rufous. 

 A buff-colored stripe extends from the jaw below the ear along 

 the side of the neck. The tail is much lighter in color than the 

 rest of the body. The length of the head and body is about six- 

 teen inches, of the tail about nine inches. 



The Javan Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) is the only 

 mongoose on Java. Related forms occur from southern China 

 throughout much of southeastern Asia. The color varies ; in 

 some it is dark brown with huffy specklings, in others rich ma- 

 hogany. The head and body are about seventeen inches long 

 and the tail about twelve inches. 



The Crab-eating Mongoose (Herpestes urva) is about 

 twenty inches in head and body length, its tail about nine inches. 

 It is black grizzled with huffy and has a white stripe running 

 from the corner of the mouth to the shoulder. The crab-eating 

 mongoose is found from southern China and Formosa to Burma 

 and Tenasserim. 



