Kauaʻi record · KCA-MAM-small-indian-mongoose
Small Indian mongoose
Urva auropunctata
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About Small Indian mongoose
Kauaʻi status: No known established population on Kauaʻi. Ecological relationships include biosecurity, rapid response, and vulnerable ground-nesting species.
Kauaʻi evidence
DLNR states that Kauaʻi has no known mongoose population; this is a prevention record, not a presence record.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Urva auropunctata
- Common names
- Small Indian mongoose
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- No known established population on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced elsewhere in Hawaiʻi; not established on Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Do not upgrade this record to confirmed local occurrence without an exact Kauaʻi source locator.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- ports · cargo pathways · settlements · grassland · forest edge
- Food and resource needs
- potential prey includes rodents, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates
- Reproduction
- Not applicable to current Kauaʻi status
- Shelter
- Potential dense cover and structures
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- potential predation on ground-nesting fauna
- Conservation actions
- report suspected sightings · rapid verification · port biosecurity · do not represent unverified sightings as occurrence
- Monitoring
- public reports · targeted camera and trap response
- Data gaps
- Exact Kauaʻi locators and encounter records require strengthening.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Prevention and rapid-response watch
- Seasonal description
- Kauaʻi status: No known established population on Kauaʻi. Ecological relationships include biosecurity, rapid response, and vulnerable ground-nesting species.