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{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Herpestes
| fossil_range = Oligocene to present
| image = Herpestes edwardsii at Hyderaba.jpg
| image_caption = Herpestes edwardsii
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Carnivora
| familia = Herpestidae
| genus = Herpestes
| genus_authority =Illiger, 1811
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =- Herpestes brachyurus
- Herpestes edwardsii
- Herpestes fuscus
- Herpestes ichneumon
- Herpestes javanicus
- Herpestes naso
- Herpestes semitorquatus
- Herpestes smithii
- Herpestes urva
- Herpestes vitticollis
- Herpestes lemanensis†
| range_map = Herpestes.png
}}Herpestes is a genus of the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It is the type genus of the family. It contains the following ten species, with a number of subspecies, and one extinct species:[1]Species| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Herpestes brachyurus | Short-tailed mongoose | Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippine islands Palawan and Busuanga | | Herpestes edwardsi | Indian gray mongoose | West Asia and on the Indian subcontinent | | Herpestes fuscus | Indian brown mongoose | southern Western Ghats. | | Herpestes ichneumon | Egyptian mongoose | Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Palestine, and most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and arid regions of southern Africa. | | Herpestes javanicus | Small Asian mongoose | South and Southeast Asia. | | Herpestes naso | Long-nosed mongoose | Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Niger, and Tanzania | | Herpestes semitorquatus | Collared mongoose | Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. | | Herpestes smithii | Ruddy mongoose | peninsular India and Sri Lanka. | | Herpestes urva | Crab-eating mongoose | northeastern Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan | | Herpestes vitticollis | Stripe-necked mongoose | southern India to Sri Lanka. | |
- † Herpestes lemanensis (†=extinct)
{{div col end}} References 1. ^{{MSW3|id=14000576| heading = Herpestes}}
{{Carnivora|F.}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q312207}}{{carnivora-stub}} 6 : Herpestes|Mammals of Southeast Asia|Mammals of South Asia|Mammals of Africa|Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |