Herpestes javanicus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The Javan mongoose (Urva javanica) is a mongoose species native to Southeast Asia. Ichneumon javanicus was the scientific name proposed by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818. It was later classified in the genus Herpestes, but all Asian mongooses are now thought to belong in the genus Urva.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, several zoological specimens were described, which are now considered subspecies: Herpestes exilis by Paul Gervais in 1841 was a specimen from Tourane in Vietnam. Herpestes rafflesii by John Anderson in 1875 was a specimen from Sumatra.
Mungos rubifrons by Joel Asaph Allen in 1909 were eight adult specimens collected around Wuzhi Mountain in Hainan Island, China. Mungos exilis peninsulae by Ernst Schwarz in 1910 was a skin and a skull of a mongoose collected in Bangkok.
Mungos siamensis by Cecil Boden Kloss in 1917 was a skin of an adult female mongoose collected in northern Thailand. Mungos parakensis by Kloss in 1917 was a skin and a skull of an adult female mongoose from the vicinity of Taiping, Perak in Peninsular Malaysia.
Herpestes javanicus tjerapai by Henri Jacob Victor Sody in 1949 was an adult male mongoose collected in Aceh Province,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millets Wildside Falconry and Wildlife Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mongoose sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 7 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mongoose in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and September–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mongoose sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Mongoose sightings, Jakarta ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 40%), Lucknow (India, about 40%) and New Delhi (India, about 30%).
Same order: Carnivora
The closest relatives of the Mongoose that you can see in Jakarta (order Carnivora, Carnivorans) are Common Palm Civet (about 20%) and Mainland Leopard Cat (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mongoose is recorded against all the mammals logged in Jakarta (6 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
