Collared mongoose
Urva semitorquata (Gray, 1846)
Status not recordedmammals
The collared mongoose (Urva semitorquata) is a species in the family Herpestidae, order Carnivora. Recorded adults weigh 1.4 kg to 1.92 kg and live up to 8.9 years.
Quick facts about the collared mongoose
- Weight
- 1.4 kg – 1.92 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 8.9 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.49src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the collared mongoose live?
Not recorded
Is the collared mongoose endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the collared mongoose classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderCarnivora
- familyHerpestidae
- genusUrva
- SpeciesUrva semitorquata (Gray, 1846)
Synonyms Herpestes brachyurus palawanus, Herpestes brachyurus parvus, Herpestes semitorquatus, Herpestes semitorquatus semitorquatus, Herpestes semitorquatus uniformis
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- نمس مطوقArabic
- promyka obojkováCzech
- HalsbandmungoGerman
- HalsbandmangusteGerman
- Mangosta de CollarSpanish
- Meloncillo de collarSpanish
- juovamungoFinnish
- Mangouste à collierFrench
- Garangan Ekor PanjangIndonesian
- クビワマングースJapanese
- 목도리몽구스Korean
- HalsbåndmungoNorwegian Bokmål
- Mangusta obrożnaPolish
- Mangusto-de-colarPortuguese
- Воротничковый мангустRussian
Relatives of the collared mongoose
Other species in the same genus Urva.
Indian mongoose
Urva auropunctata
Mongoose
Urva javanica
Gray mongoose
Urva edwardsii
Brown crab mongoose
Urva urva
Water mongoose
Urva brachyura
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the collared mongoose?
An adult collared mongoose weighs 1.4 kg – 1.92 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the collared mongoose live?
The collared mongoose has a recorded lifespan of 8.9 years.
What kind of animal is the collared mongoose?
The collared mongoose (Urva semitorquata) belongs to the family Herpestidae in the order Carnivora.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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