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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]
Diet: Primarily eats fruit, as well as birds, rodents, and insects [38] LC Unknown [38] Golden palm civet. P. zeylonensis (Schreber, 1778) Sri Lanka: Size: 50–58 cm (20–23 in) long, plus 43–53 cm (17–21 in) tail [3] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [39] Diet: Primarily eats berries, fruits, and invertebrates, as well as small vertebrates ...
In spite of the heavy habitat destruction in the region, the civet still seems unusually threatened for a small, generalist carnivore. 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 ...
Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) Linnaeus, 1758 [30] Malabar large-spotted civet ( Viverra civettina ) Blyth, 1862 Small Indian civet ( Viverricula indica ) (Desmarest, 1804) [ 31 ]
A civet (/ ˈ s ɪ v ɪ t /) is a small, lean, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests. The term civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family Viverridae. Most of the species's diversity is found in southeast Asia.
Viverra is a mammalian genus that was first named and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as comprising several species including the large Indian civet (V. zibetha). [2] The genus was subordinated to the viverrid family by John Edward Gray in 1821. [3]
The increase in infected cows on California farms has significantly altered the number of herds nationally with the virus. Nearly 300 herds across 14 states have confirmed bird flu cases. Workers ...
The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.