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African Wild Dog | African Hunting Dog

The African Wild Dog or African Hunting dog is a beautiful animal. Sadly now endangered, there are only a few thousand of these animals left. Learn all about the African Wild Dog.

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Sulawesi Brown Palm Civets (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii): Ringtails of One Indonesian Island

Most civets call more than one country home. Being native to just one confers the title endemic. Sulawesi brown palm civets live vulnerably on only one Indonesian island.

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World Rhino Day September 22: Black, Indian, Javan, Sumatran, White

World Rhino Day celebrates on September 22 the endangered five: Black and white rhinos in Africa and Indian, Javan, and Sumatran rhinoceroses in Asia.

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Malagasy Striped Civets (Fossa fossana): Ringtails Native Only to Madagascar

Spots and stripes appear on agile civets with body odor. Malagasy civets indeed have spotted and striped bodies and striped tails. But they lack climbing skills and musky smells.

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African Palm Civets (Nandinia binotata): Ringtails of Central Africa From West Coast to East

African palm civets claim forested, grassy, scrubby swathes from Central Africa's west to east coasts. They really like oil palm pulp and rainy, warm days. They make lots of musk.

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African Civets (Civettictis civetta): Non-Ringtails of Sub-Saharan Africa

African civets avoid northernmost and southernmost Africa. They otherwise favor sub-Saharan Africa, from west coast to east. They have super-black faces and super-large rumps.

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Jerdon's Brown Palm Civets (Paradoxurus jerdoni): Ringtails of the Western Ghats in India

Jerdon’s brown palm civets are named for a pioneer cataloguer of India’s animals and plants. They have all-brown, unspotted, unstriped physiques. They like having palm flower sap.

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Small Indian Civets (Viverricula indica): Ringtails of India, Southeast Asia, and Southern China

Small Indian civets are tinier than large Indian civets. They do not live just in India. Native East, South and Southeast Asians like small Indian civet flesh, fragrance, and fur.

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Sri Lankan Brown Palm Civets (Paradoxurus montanus): Non-Ringtails of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan brown palm civets have grey-brown bodies with yellow-white tail tips. They like palm flower sap. They live in Sri Lanka's cloud-forested highlands and dry mountaintops.

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Golden Wet-Zone Palm Civets (Paradoxurus aureus): Non-Ringtails Endemic to Sri Lanka

Golden wet-zone palm civets are gold-colored. They live among dense creepers, lush vines, and tall trees in Sri Lanka's evergreen rainforests. They love to drink palm flower sap.

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Golden Palm Civets (Paradoxurus zeylonensis): Non-Ringtail Mysteries of Sri Lanka

Golden palm civets are gold-colored. They drink palm flower sap. But they may be Asian common palm civet morphs, not one of Sri Lanka's dry-, intermediate-, and wet-zone endemics.

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Golden Dry-Zone Palm Civets (Paradoxurus stenocephalus): Non-Ringtails Endemic to Sri Lanka

Golden dry-zone palm civets are gold-brown. Three stripes decorate their backs, from shoulders to tail. Central Sri Lanka's misty mountains supply their favorite palm flower sap.

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Asian Common Palm Civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus): Non-Ringtails of South and Southeast Asia

Asian common palm civets inhabit east, south, and southeast Asia. They like palm pulp, sap, and toddy. They make coffee, fur, meat, medicine, and perfume dealing super-successful.

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Masked Palm Civets (Paguma larvata): Non-Ringtails of North India, Southeast Asia, South China

Gem-faced masked civets have brown-grey bodies and tails. White-lined, white-patched black masks make their heads look raccoon-like. Their musky pelts and sprays recall skunks.

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Large Indian Civets (Viverra zibetha): Ringtails of Northern India, Southeast Asia, Southern China

Large Indian civets are bigger than small Indian civets. They live from east Nepal and northeast India all the way to south China. Local Asians value civet meat, pelts, and scents.

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Small-Toothed Three-Striped Palm Civets (Arctogalidia trivirgata): Non-Ringtails of Southern Asia

Mammalogists associate musk with defensive, territorial civets. Perfumists employ it as a scent stabilizer. Female small-toothed three-striped palm civets use it as aphrodisiacs.

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Large-Spotted Civets (Viverra megaspila): Ringtails of Mainland Southeast Asia

Large-spotted civets display blotched bodies, ringed tails, and striped necks. They favor dense lowland forests with river access. Hunters easily snare them in ground-level dens.

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Malay Civets (Viverra tangalunga): Ringtails of Insular and Peninsular Southeast Asia

Businesses consider Sulawesi practical for musk-farming. But they disdain female Sulawesi brown palm civet musk. The Malay civet is being imported and displacing native civets.

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