Malay civet
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Malay civet ( Viverra tangalunga ) |
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The Malay civet ( Viverra tangalunga ) is one of four species of Asiatic civets within the crawling cats . It is native to Southeast Asia on the Malay Peninsula and numerous islands in the Malay Archipelago , Indonesia and the Philippines .
features
The Malay civet cat has a slim body, it reaches a head-trunk length of about 58.5 to 95.0 centimeters and a tail length of 30 to 48 centimeters.
The fur is covered with numerous black spots on a sandy-brown to gray background, which merge into a striped pattern on the back. There are usually three black and two white collar-like rings on the sides of the neck and throat. The coat is long and loose and forms a black crest of upright hair in the area of the spine from the shoulders to the tail. The tail is otherwise ringed in black and white and the feet are black.
distribution
The Malay civet is found in Southeast Asia. The natural distribution area includes the Malay Peninsula , Borneo, Sumatra and Belitung , Bangka , Lingga and Palawan , while the occurrences in the rest of the Philippines, on the Natuna Islands and in Indonesia east of the Wallace Line ( Sulawesi , Moluccas ) on humans is due.
supporting documents
- ↑ Barbara Lundrigan, Julie Harris: Viverra tangalunga in the Animal Diversity Web of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ↑ Geraldine Veron, Maraike Willsch, Victor Dacosta, Marie-Lilith Patou, Adrian Seymour, Celine Bonillo, Arnaud Couloux, Siew Te Wong, Andrew P. Jennings, Jörns Fickel & Andreas Wilting. 2014. The Distribution of the Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga (Carnivora: Viverridae) across Southeast Asia: Natural or Human-mediated Dispersal? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (4); 917-932, DOI: 10.1111 / zoj.12110
Web links
- Viverra tangalunga in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by: MJ Azlan, J. Hon, JW Duckworth, A. Jennings, G. Veron, 2008. Accessed December 30, 2011th
- Barbara Lundrigan, Julie Harris: Viverra tangalunga on the Animal Diversity Web of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved December 30, 2011.