Small Indian civet
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Viverrinae |
| Genus: | Viverricula Hodgson, 1838 |
| Species: | V. indica |
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| Viverricula indica Desmarest, 1804 |
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The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) or rasse is a species of civet found across south and South-east Asia as well as in the Indonesian archipelago. The Assamese name johamaal refers to its glandular odour similar to a scented rice variety called joha. The species has been introduced to Madagascar.
It is slender, agile in climbing trees, has no erectile mane and lives in holes in rocky and brushy locations. In captivity, it is easily tamed and feeds on small animals, which it catches with cat-like dexterity. Hence it is often kept in houses as a ratter, and also for the sake of its civet, which is artificially removed from the glands.[2]
It is a little animal of a yellowish or brownish gray color, with longitudinal bands on the back and regular spots on the side; tail 16-17 inches long with eight or nine complete dark rings; length of body and head about 24 inches.[2]
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[edit] Hunting
People of Traspur village, Assam hunt it for meat and purify its skin into medicine.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Duckworth, J.W., Timmins, R.J. & Muddapa, D. (2008). Viverricula indica. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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"Rasse". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
[edit] External links
- PHOTO SMALL INDIAN CIVET
- Raising Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) website www.vietlinh.vn
- Fact file from Pensacola Junior College
- Small Indian Civet roadkill, Commons
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