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The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states. [1] This is the only species in genus ...
Large Indian civet, a drawing by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Viverra zibetha was the scientific name for the large Indian civet introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [10] Several naturalists proposed species and subspecies in the 19th and 20th centuries, of which the following were recognised as valid subspecies by 2005: [11]
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.
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 ...
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.
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The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the population is estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals.
Smaller herbivores include the Indian muntjac (100 in the 1972 census), wild boar (431 in 1999), barking deer and hog deer (5045 in 1999). [ 6 ] [ 2 ] The park has a large variety of primates including all free roaming primates in India with the exception of the endemic Western Ghats primates and the newly discovered Arunachal macaque .