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Malabar civet

mammal
Also known as: Viverra civettina
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  • 10 Critically Endangered Animals of India
    / Malabar civet (Viverra civettina)

    Thought to have once been widespread in the Malabar region of southern India, this species of civet has not been sighted in the wild since the 1990s. Museum specimens suggest the animal to have a head and body length of about…

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    Thought to have once been widespread in the Malabar region of southern India, this species of civet has not been sighted in the wild since the 1990s. Museum specimens suggest the animal to have a head and body length of about…

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    civet

    …extinction; among these are the Malabar civet (Viverra civettina), which lives in the Western Ghats of India, and the Sunda otter civet, which is native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

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    …extinction; among these are the Malabar civet (Viverra civettina), which lives in the Western Ghats of India, and the Sunda otter civet, which is native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

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