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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.
IUCN Red List status and distribution Viverra Linnaeus, 1758 [10] Large Indian civet ... Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina) Blyth, 1862 [14] CR [15]
While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger ( Panthera tigris ), dhole ( Cuon alpinus ), and Malabar large-spotted civet ( Viverra civettina ) are some of the most endangered carnivore species.
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)
In India, mammals comprise 410 species, 186 genera, 45 families and 13 orders of which nearly 89 species are listed as threatened in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN 2006). [1]
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 ...
Large Indian civet, a drawing by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Viverra zibetha was the scientific name for the large Indian civet introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [10] Several naturalists proposed species and subspecies in the 19th and 20th centuries, of which the following were recognised as valid subspecies by 2005: [11]