Herpestes

Common are the mongoose (Herpestes officinarum), agouti (Dasyprocta antillensis), opposum (Didelphis marsupialis), pig (Sus scrofa), and domestic cat and dog.

Grenada 2009

Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong.

Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

Introduced pig Sus scrofa, cats, mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus, dogs, birds, and a very large number of invertebrates including Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis, have colonized parts of the park environment.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States 2009

Mammalian introductions have occurred periodically in this region and include species such as agouti (Dasyprocta agouti), fallow deer (Dama dama) to provide game, the indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) and the inadvertent importation of rats (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus).

Guadeloupe 2009

More common are species such as agouti (Dasyprocta agouti), fallow deer (Dama dama) to provide game, the indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) and the inadvertent importation of the black or roof rat and the brown or Norway rat (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus).

Leeward Islands dry forests 2008

Mammalian introductions have occurred periodically in this region and include species such as agouti (Dasyprocta agouti), fallow deer (Dama dama) to provide game, the indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) and the inadvertent importation of rats (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus).

Leeward Islands moist forests 2008

Some of these species, including the Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi), Javan mongoose (H. javanicus) and Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) were introduced for the purposes of snake control but have instead caused significant declines of many native birds and small mammals.

Biological diversity in Japan 2008

Marsh (Atilax paludinosus) and large grey mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), as well as the spotted-necked (Lutra maculicollis) and Cape clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) inhabit the river courses and valleys of the ecoregion, although the Cape clawless otter often wanders far from permanent waters in search of new feeding grounds.

Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets 2008

The Jamaican iguana declined dramatically during the beginning of the 19th century due to the introduction of the Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) and predation by introduced dogs as well as habitat destruction.

Jamaican dry forests 2008

Commonly introduced mammals in this ecoregion are the mongoose (Herpestes officinarum), agouti (Dasyprocta antillensis), opposum (Didelphis marsupialis), pig (Sus scrofa), and domestic cat and dog.

Windward Islands moist forests 2008