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Large-spotted Civet
Viverra megaspila
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Viverridae
- Genus
- Viverra
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- China|Vietnam|Cambodia|Laos|Malaysia|Myanmar|Thailand
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Habitat
- Evergreen, deciduous and dry dipterocarp forest below 300m
- Range
- Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and southern China
The large-spotted civet is a viverrid native to Southeast Asia, occurring in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and southern China. In China it was last sighted in 1998. It inhabits evergreen, deciduous and dry dipterocarp forest below 300 m, and in Thailand occurs in several protected areas as far south as Ranong Province (Wikipedia, general species account).
Data on its feeding ecology and behaviour do not exist (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)