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The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India.It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the population is estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals.
Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the viverrid's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.
Version 2014.2 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4574 critically endangered species, subspecies, varieties, stocks, and subpopulations. For IUCN lists of critically endangered species by kingdom, see: Animals (kingdom Animalia) — IUCN Red List critically endangered species (Animalia)
The IUCN also lists 60 mammalian subspecies as critically endangered. Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, 18 species subpopulations have been assessed as critically endangered. Additionally 900 mammalian species (15% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full ...
This subfamily is found throughout the Oriental region, and is represented in Africa by the African civet (Civettictis civetta). [4] The common genet ( Genetta genetta ) is considered to have been introduced to Europe and the Balearic islands , and occurs in all of continental Portugal, Spain and most of France.
India's Red List of 2018 was released at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. [1] [2] Since then, new animals have been added yearly.While previously this list contained 132 species of plants and animals in 2018, as of the 2023-1 update from the IUCN Red List, over 950 species of animals (and over 600 species of plants) are listed as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable.
The large-spotted civet is threatened due to habitat degradation, habitat loss, and hunting with snares and dogs. The population is thought to have been steadily declining throughout the range countries, and in China and Vietnam in particular may have been reduced significantly. [1] In Chinese and Vietnamese markets, it is in demand as food.
IUCN Red List status and distribution Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1822 [4] Asian palm civet (P. hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777) [5] LC [6] Golden palm civet (P. zeylonensis) (Pallas, 1778) [7] VU [8] Brown palm civet (P. jerdoni) Blanford, 1885 [9] LC [10] Arctictis Temminck, 1824 [11] Binturong (A. binturong) (Raffles, 1822) [12] VU [13] Paguma Gray ...