Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus Hodgson
Natural prey.—Epilampra wheeleri, Eurycotis improcera, Panchlora nivea, Pycnoscelus surinamensis, and others unidentified to species, St. Croix and Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1953): Based on 37 or more cockroaches obtained from stomachs of 42 mongooses collected in St. Croix (by Seaman) and 56 collected in Puerto Rico (by Pimentel).
Pimentel (personal communication, 1958) has given us the following percentage occurrence of cockroach species in the total number of mongoose stomachs that he examined in Puerto Rico: Epilampra wheeleri 1.8, Ischnoptera rufa rufa 3.6, Panchlora nivea 1.8, Periplaneta americana 1.8, and Pycnoscelus surinamensis 19.6.