[1] The grey mongoose inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation.

It lives in burrows, hedgerows and thickets, among groves of trees, and takes shelter under rocks or bushes and even in drains.

[7] It has been generally accepted that the Indian grey mongoose occurs in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, as represented by the distribution map.

[12] The Indian grey mongoose is omnivorous, though most of its diet is made up from live prey it catches from being an opportunistic hunter, with mice, rats, lizards, snakes, and beetles making up the bulk.

Also eaten are ground birds, their eggs, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes, frogs, crabs, fish, and parts of plants: fruits, berries, and roots, as well as larger prey including hares and egrets.

It primarily achieves this through tiring the snake out, by enticing it to make multiple strikes which it acrobatically avoids.

[15] The Indian grey mongoose typically opens eggs by holding them between the paws and biting a hole in the little end.

of raw mongoose hair, which were seized by Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in 2018.

[23] "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young Indian grey mongoose.