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Small Indian civet
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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]
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Small Indian civet | |
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In Silchar, Assam, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Viverridae |
Genus: | Viverricula Hodgson, 1838 |
Species: | V. indica |
Binomial name | |
Viverricula indica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | |
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Small Indian civet range (green - extant, pink - probably extant) |
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This is the only species in genus Viverricula.[2]