The
small Asian mongoose (
Herpestes javanicus) is a species of
mongoose found in the wild in South and Southeast Asia. It has also been introduced to
Hawaii, the
Bahamas,
Cuba,
Croatia,
Jamaica,
Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico, the
Lesser Antilles,
Belize,
Honduras,
Panama,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Colombia,
Suriname,
Venezuela,
Guyana and
Mafia Island. The western
subspecies group is sometimes treated as a separate species, the Indian mongoose or small Indian mongoose (
Herpestes palustris).