Bengal Mongoose

Taxobox
name = Bengal Mongoose
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Herpestidae
subfamilia = Herpestinae
genus = "Herpestes"
species = "H. palustris"
subspecies = "H. j. palustris"
trinomial = "Herpestes javanicus palustris"
trinomial_authority = Ghose, 1965

The Bengal Mongoose ("Herpestes javanicus palustris") is a subspecies of the Small Asian Mongoose. It is also known as the Marsh Mongoose, not to be confused with "Atilax paludinosus", which is also called the Marsh Mongoose. Other synonyms include Indian Marsh Mongoose and Bengali Water Mongoose.