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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 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]
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 ...
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.
The civet produces a musk (named civet after the animal) which is highly valued as a fragrance and stabilizing agent for perfume. Both male and female civets produce the strong-smelling secretion, which is produced by the civet's perineal glands. It is harvested by either killing the animal and removing the glands, or by scraping the secretions ...
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]
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 ...
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 .