Large-spotted civet
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| Large-spotted Civet | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Genus: | Viverra |
| Species: | V. megaspila |
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| Viverra megaspila Blyth, 1862 |
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The large-spotted civet (Viverra megaspila) is a viverrid native to Southeast Asia that is listed as Vulnerable by IUCN.[1]
Taxonomic history [edit]
Reginald Innes Pocock considered V. megaspila and V. civettina to be distinct species.[2] Ellerman and Morrison-Scott considered V. civettina a subspecies of V. megaspila.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Duckworth, J. W., Timmins, R. J., Olsson, A., Roberton, S., Kanchanasaka, B., Than Zaw, Jennings, A. and Veron, G. (2008). "Viverra megaspila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1939). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1. Taylor and Francis, London.
- ^ Ellerman, J. R. and Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1966). Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Second edition. British Museum of Natural History, London.
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