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Scientific Name: Viverra Civettina
Listed as Endangered in: India
The Malabar Large-Spotted Civet live in thickets and lowland forests. They prefer to be alone and are highly aggressive. They come out only at night. Adults weigh between eighteen and twenty pounds. Their diet consists of reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, eggs, and sometimes plants. Females give birth to two or three young usually. Threats to the species are deforestation and hunting bye humans as well as hunting dogs. The species has been endangered since 1979 but little has been done to help them thrive.
Listed as Endangered in: India
The Malabar Large-Spotted Civet live in thickets and lowland forests. They prefer to be alone and are highly aggressive. They come out only at night. Adults weigh between eighteen and twenty pounds. Their diet consists of reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, eggs, and sometimes plants. Females give birth to two or three young usually. Threats to the species are deforestation and hunting bye humans as well as hunting dogs. The species has been endangered since 1979 but little has been done to help them thrive.