STATUS
IUCN : LRIC
ZSI/CAMP : LRIC
CITES : Appendices III
Schedule : II (Part II)
Population : Not known
Activity : Diurnal
Social Group : Solitary or in pair
👉Local name : Noliyo, Raato noliyo, Kariyo noliyo
👉Physical measurements & life cycle :👇
Length : 60 - 80 cm
Weight : 2 kg
Gestation : 60 days
Life span : 10 - 15 years
Breeding : It breeds at any time of a year
👉Description : It is a variety of Common mongoose. Its body colour is reddish brown with rusty fur coat. Its tail becomes darker reddish towards its tip.
👉Food : Rats, hares, snakes, lizards, crabs, eggs of small birds etc.
👉Distribution : Occurs in Danta and Palanpur of Banaskantha district. It may be present on fringes of the Rann of Kachchh.
👉Habitat : Scrub for ests and grasslands in desert/ Rann areas.
👉Mongooses were killed in India before the total ban on the mongoose hair trade in the country. Previously, Indian companies supplied mongoose brushes to Nepal, but since the mongoose was put in Schedule Il of the Indian Wildlife Act, the trade was restricted and local establishments in Nepal have opened in Kathmandu to make mongoose paintbrushes. Three factories operate in Kathmandu that deal with mongoose hair. It is very much likely that mongoose hair trade still exists illegally in India as in a major raid on stationery and hardware stores, the Rajasthan police recently seized 1,254 illegal Mongoose hair brushes and detained five shopkeepers.
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