Viverricula indica (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)

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Viverricula indica (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803) View in CoL

[Civetta] indica E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 113.

Type Locality: "l'Inde" [ India].

Vernacular Names: Small Indian Civet.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. indica E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. atchinensis Sody 1931

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. baliensis Sody 1931

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. baptistae Pocock 1933

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. deserti Bonhote 1898

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. klossi Pocock 1933

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. mayori Pocock 1933

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. muriavensis Sody 1931

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. pallida Gray 1831

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. schlegelii Pollen 1866

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. thai Kloss 1919

Subspecies Viverricula indica subsp. wellsi Pocock 1933

Distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Kangean Isl, Sumbawa, Bali), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Introduced to Yemen, Zanzibar and Pemba Isl, Socotra Isl, Madagascar, the Comoro Isls, and the Philippines; scattered distribution on many SE Asian islands due to introductions.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subspecies arranged according to Pocock (1933 b) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).

References

Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.

Pocock, R. I. 1933 b. The civet cats of Asia. Part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 36 (3): 629 - 656.

Sody, H. J. V. 1931. Six new mammals from Sumatra, Java, Bali and Borneo. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, 91: 349 - 360.