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Large Indian civet in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India. The large Indian civet is solitary and nocturnal. It spends most of the time on the ground. It is an opportunistic hunter that preys on a wide variety of small animals. [1] Radio-tracked large Indian civets in Thailand had home ranges of 2.7 to 8.8 km 2 (1.0 to 3.4 sq mi). [8]
Four viverrid species (clockwise from top left): the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), the common genet (Genetta genetta), the binturong (Arctictis binturong), and the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) Viverridae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, composed mainly of the civets and genets. A member of this family is ...
Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) Linnaeus, 1758 [30] Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) Blyth, 1862; Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) (Desmarest, 1804) [31] Binturong (Arctitis binturong) (Raffles, 1821) Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777) [32] Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) (Hamilton Smith ...
The region where the civet was known to occur is the site of a major trading port, formerly including the trade of civets such as the large-spotted civet. Due to this, there is some speculation on whether the Malabar civet is an introduced population of the large-spotted civet that eventually died off. [2] [8]
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species.This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. [3]
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The largest species of Procellariiformes is the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) of the sub-Antarctic oceans, which has the largest wingspan of any living bird. The maximum dimensions of this species are a length of 1.44 m (4.7 ft) and a wingspan of 3.65 m (12.0 ft). [ 49 ]
This is a list of the bird species of India and includes extant and recently extinct species recorded within the political limits of the Republic of India as defined by the Indian government. There have been 1377 species recorded as of 2023, [ 1 ] of which 81 are endemic to the country.