Sumatran Collared Mongoose

Sumatran Collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus uniformis). Data Deficient (IUCN-2008) and Near Threatened (IUCN-2015). remains to be studied. Is distinguished from the Bomean H. s. semitorquatus by the near absence of dark agoutibanding on the individual hairs, which results in a bright fox-red body colour.  this species occurs in a number of different habitats, including primary forest, disturbed habitat, lowlands and hills, and in both disturbed and primary habitat.
Distribution : this sub-species in Sumatra (Indonesia)

The species’ use of recently abandoned or current shifting agriculture and oil palm plantations remains unknown, given the low survey effort in them.The few Collared Mongoose records from Sumatra have all been of the orange-red morph.  It is likely that the species has been under-recorded both in Borneo and, particularly, Sumatra because of confusion with the similarly coloured Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes or with Short-tailed Mongoose.
On Borneo, this species has been recorded in a variety of habitats including primary and logged lowland mixed dipterocarp forest  (Wells et al. 2005, Wilting et al. 2010), high-elevation forest (Davis 1958, J. Ross pers. comm. 2014), burnt forest (Mathai et al. 2010ab, J. Mathai pers. comm. 2014) and very occasionally in peat swamp forest (Cheyne et al. 2010) (although not in mangrove forest), mixed secondary forest-acacia plantation mosaics (Belden et al. 2007) and mixed mature Albizzia-cacao plantation (Stuebing and Gasis 1989). Hence, this species exhibits some tolerance to disturbed/modified habitat although the preference may be undisturbed forest (A. Wilting pers. comm. 2014).

Location found : Aceh Tamiang, North Sumatera, Indonesia
Date : May 15, 2014