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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Viverrinae
--> GENUS Viverra
SPECIES Viverra civettina
| Author: | Blyth, 1862. | | Citation: | J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 31: 332. | | Common Name: | Malabar Large-spotted Civet | | Type Locality: | "Southern Malabar" restricted by Pocock (1933a:446) to "Travancore" [India]. | | Distribution: | Endemic to S India. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India); U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Considered a subspecies of V. megaspila by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); however, considered at the specific level by Lindsay (1928), Pocock (1941a), and Wozencraft (1984, 1989b). Corbet and Hill (1992) raised doubts as to their separation. |
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