| Ruddy mongoose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Urva |
| Species: | U. smithii
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| Binomial name | |
| Urva smithii (Gray, 1837)
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| Ruddy mongoose range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Herpestes smithii | |
The ruddy mongoose (Urva smithii) is a mongoose species native to hill forests in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
- ^ a b Mudappa, D. & Choudhury, A. (2016). "Herpestes smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41617A45208195.