Header image
line decor
 Home   Log-In    Name:  English 
 Holdings:   
🔍 
 Expert Search   Deutsch 
line decor
line decor
  Mammals    Birds    Reptiles    Amphibians    Fishes    Domestic Animals & Breeding Forms  
line decor
 
 
 

 
Small Indian civet
Viverricula indica
(Syn.: Viverricula malaccensis)
(É. GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, 1803)


Photo by: A. Kantorovich
   
Additional images here: www.biolib.cz

Number of Subspecies:11 (?)
Subspecies:01. Viverricula indica indica - Southern indian peninsula
02. V.i. atchinensis - Sumatra
03. V.i. baliensis - Bali
04. V.i. baptistae - Bangladesh to Northeast India and Bhutan
05. V.i. deserti - Pakistan trhough India, Nepal
06. V.i. klossi - Malaysia
07. V.i. mayori - Sri Lanka
08. V.i. muriavensis - Java
09. V.i. taivana - Taiwan
10. V.i. thai - Myanmar and Thailand, Indochina to China
11. V.i. wellsi - Northwest India

Information Source for Taxonomy:Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
 
Range:India, Taiwan, Bali, Java, China, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sumatra
Habitat:Forests
Head-Torso-Length:48,5 - 68 cm
Tail length:30 - 43 cm
Weight:2 - 4 kg
Food:Small vertebrates and invertebrates
IUCN status:LC (Least Concern)
 


Current Holdings • Former Holdings
 
Asia
  India (3 Holding(s)):
 
  •  
  • Assam (State Zoo) 
     
  •  
  • Kanpur (Zoological Park) 
     
  •  
  • Mysore (Zoo) 
      Japan (1 Holding(s)):
     
  •  
  • Nagoya (Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens) 
      Vietnam (1 Holding(s)):
     
  •  
  • Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens) 
    Holding(s): 5