Ruddy Mongoose
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Ruddy Mongoose

Herpestes smithii

Insufficient data
overall probability at Mudumalai National Park
1 Verified records at Mudumalai National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The ruddy mongoose (Urva smithii) is a species of mongoose native to the forests of India and Sri Lanka. It is classified as least concern in the IUCN Red List. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mudumalai National Park

Indian Gray Mongoose

Indian Gray Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes edwardsi

30–40% · Possible
Stripe-necked Mongoose

Stripe-necked Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes vitticollis

Insufficient data
Dhole
EN

Dhole

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Cuon alpinus

30–40% · Possible
Common Palm Civet
LC

Common Palm Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Insufficient data
Smooth Coated Otter
VU

Smooth Coated Otter

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Lutrogale perspicillata

Insufficient data
Tiger
EN Endemic

Tiger

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Panthera tigris

Insufficient data
Small Indian Civet
LC Endemic

Small Indian Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Viverricula indica

Insufficient data
Striped Hyena
NT

Striped Hyena

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hyaena hyaena

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Ruddy Mongoose at Mudumalai National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
70–80%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
70–80%
3 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
4 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
5 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
6 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
7 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
8 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
9 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
10 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
11 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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