Subspecies and Distribution. H. e. edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 — SE India and Sri Lanka. H. e. carnaticus Wroughton, 1921 — SW India (Karnatka). H. e. moerens Wroughton, 1915 — Bangladesh, Bhutan, C & NE India, and Nepal. H. e. montanus Bechthold, 1936 — Saudi Arabia to NW India. H. e. pallens Ryley, 1914 — W India (Gujarat). A few old museum specimens are reported from Peninsular Malaysia, whereit is said to have been introduced, butit has not been recorded there since the beginning of the 20" century. in Herpestidae

Subspecies and Distribution. H. e. edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 — SE India and Sri Lanka. H. e. carnaticus Wroughton, 1921 — SW India (Karnatka). H. e. moerens Wroughton, 1915 — Bangladesh, Bhutan, C & NE India, and Nepal. H. e. montanus Bechthold, 1936 — Saudi Arabia to NW India. H. e. pallens Ryley, 1914 — W India (Gujarat). A few old museum specimens are reported from Peninsular Malaysia, whereit is said to have been introduced, butit has not been recorded there since the beginning of the 20" century.