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MALAY CIVET CATViverra tangalunga©Fiona236a Location: Found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands and the Philippines, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats including forests, secondary habitats, cultivated land and the outskirts of villages. Status: Least Concern Fact(s):Viverra tangalunga is one of the sources of Civet. Civet is used commercially in producing perfumes. Trade in live civets for their musk is a source of economy. It has also been used for some medicinal purposes. Some viverrids, including the Oriental civet, may be tamed and kept to extract this musk. —- Fact Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Civet Other posts: Kopi Lewak - Asian Palm Civet Fanaloka or Malagasy Striped Civet Cape Genet

MALAY CIVET CAT
Viverra tangalunga
©Fiona236a

Location: Found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands and the Philippines, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats including forests, secondary habitats, cultivated land and the outskirts of villages.

Status: Least Concern

Fact(s):
Viverra tangalunga is one of the sources of Civet. Civet is used commercially in producing perfumes. Trade in live civets for their musk is a source of economy. It has also been used for some medicinal purposes. Some viverrids, including the Oriental civet, may be tamed and kept to extract this musk.

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Fact Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Civet

Other posts:

Kopi Lewak - Asian Palm Civet

Fanaloka or Malagasy Striped Civet

Cape Genet

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