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Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a civet native to Vietnam, Laos and southern China. It is listed as Vulnerable by IUCN because of an ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 30% over the last three generations (estimated at 15 years), inferred from over-exploitation, and habitat destruction and degradation.
Chrotogale is a monospecific genus. Owston's palm civet is named after the wildlife collector Alan Owston.
The Owston's palm civet is a mid-sized palm civet at 57 cm (23 in), plus a tail of 43 cm (17 in). With its pointed face, it is sometimes thought to resemble a large insectivore, such as a shrew. It has a tawny buff-grey body with highly contrasted black markings on its back and tail. They usually only have 4 bands on their back. The last two-thirds of the tail is completely black. They look somewhat like the banded palm civet, Hemigalus derbyanus, except for that the hair on the back of their neck are not reversed, and the Owston's has spots on its legs.
Paradoxurus is a genus within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822. As of 2005, this genus is defined as comprising three species native to Southeast Asia:
In 2009, it was proposed to also include the golden wet-zone palm civet (P. aureus), the Sri Lankan brown palm civet (P. montanus) and the golden dry-zone palm civet (P. stenocephalus), which are endemic to Sri Lanka.
Paradoxurus species have a broad head, a narrow muzzle with a large rhinarium that is deeply sulcate in the middle, and prominent angles above anteriorly. The large ears are rounded at the tip, the interior ridges and bursae are well developed, the posterior flap of the latter rising behind the edge of the pinna, and the anterior flap is deeply emarginated. The skull exhibits marked muscular moulding, notably in the postorbital area, which is deeply constricted a short distance behind the well-developed postorbital processes, and is considerably narrower than the interorbital area and than the muzzle above the canines. The dental formula is 3.1.4.23.1.4.2. The palate is not produced behind to cover the anterior half of the mesopterygoid fossa, and is flat and expanded between the posterior cheek teeth. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body, sometimes quite as long, and about six times as long as the hind foot.
The nocturnal Owston civet from Vietnam feeds on her favourite meal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owston%27s_palm_civet
While I was volunteering at Shaldon Zoo I was lucky enough to feed these civets and get quite close to them. These interesting animals natural range includes Southern China, Vietnam and Northern Laos. However this species is threatened in the wild due to human activities, primarily deforestation resulting their drastically declining in the last few decades.
The two civets at Shaldon Zoo, this species is nocturnal and therefore is rarely active in the daytime
The pair of Owston's palm civets at Shaldon Zoo
The pair of Owston's palm civets at Shaldon Zoo
Our pair of lovely Owston's palm civets
The pair of Owston's palm civets at Shaldon Zoo
The pair of Owston's palm civets at Shaldon Zoo
Owston's palm civet is a civet native to Vietnam, Laos and southern China.It is listed as Vulnerable by IUCN because of an ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 30% over the last three generations , inferred from over-exploitation, and habitat destruction and degradation.Chrotogale is a monospecific genus.Owston's palm civet is named after the wildlife collector Alan Owston. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): J.simpkin123 License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Author(s): J.simpkin123 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:J.simpkin123&action=edit&redlink=1) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world availabl...
The pair of civets at Shaldon Zoo
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