HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Hemigalinae
--> GENUS Cynogale
SPECIES Cynogale bennettii
Author: | Gray, 1836. | Actual Date: | 1837 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 88. | Common Name: | Otter Civet | Type Locality: | "Sumatra" [Indonesia]. | Distribution: | Brunei, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered; Cynogale populations from Vietnam (C. b. lowei) considered by IUCN to have high conservation priority status for viverrids (Schreiber et al., 1989). | Comments: | Revised by Pocock (1933d). Includes C. lowei, which is known only from the type, a poorly preserved juvenile skin from N Vietnam (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951). Schreiber et al. (1989) and Corbet and Hill (1992) recognized lowei as a separate species, however primary systematic studies are lacking. Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1933d). |
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