The large Indian civet is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The global population is considered decreasing mainly because of trapping-driven declines in heavily hunted and fragmented areas, notably in China, and the heavy trade as wild meat.

1. Large Indian
Civet
General Description,
Feeding, Reproduction,
Diseases & Restraining

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Large Indian Civet
Local Name: Baghdas
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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Viverridae
Subfamily Viverrinae
Genus Viverra
Species Viverra zibetha
Scientific
Classification:

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General Description
• It is one of the largest civet in Southeast
Asia
• Large body that is gray or brown
• Black spots on its body
• Stripes of black and white on the sides of its
neck, usually two white stripes with three
black stripes
• A black stripe extends along its back but
does not extend onto the tail: this includes
a crest of dark, erectile hairs.
• Tail has several black rings around it. (5/6)
• Its claws are retractable. The soles of the
feet are hairy.
• The males are slightly bigger than the
females.
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Life Span: 15-20 years
Weight: 3.4 – 9 KG
Length: 50-95 CM

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Distribution
The large Indian civet inhabits scrub, grasslands, and densely
forested areas in South and Southeast Asia (India, Nepal, Bhutan,
southern China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar & Thailand)
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IUCN Red List: Least Concern

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Habits and Lifestyle
• A Large Indian civet is solitary and
nocturnal.
• It is terrestrial and can also climb
• It lives in a hole in the ground that
another animal has dug.
• It marks its territory with its glandular
secretions, in order to communicate its
presence and identify territory..
• They travel extensively, average daily
and monthly distances estimated as
being from 1.7 km to 5.4 sq km.
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Diet and Nutrition
Large Indian civets are carnivorous, preying on birds, frogs, snakes,
chickens, hens and small mammals. They also eat fruit, eggs, roots,
fish and crabs.
In Zoo, they are given meat, banana, eggs, and fruits to eat.
Daily Feed consumptions: 200-300 gm

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Reproduction
• Females are polyestrous
• Breeding takes place at any time of the
year.
• They have two litters per year and each
litter can have up to four young.
• Litters are born in very dense vegetation
or in a hole in the ground.
• Young are able to open their eyes within
ten days. Weaning starts at one month
of age.
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Breeding Season: year-round
Litter size: upto 4 Pups
Weaning age: 1 Month
Baby name: Pup
Gestation Age: 60-65 days
Maturation age: 1 year

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Pathogens Reported
A total of 98 peer-reviewed publications
reported the identification of organisms from
species within the family Viverridae.
• 10 Viruses
• 8 Bacterial Species
• Single internal arthropod species
• Representatives from 21 genera of
nematode
• 7 genera of cestode
• 8 genera of trematode
• 6 genera of external arthropod
• 8 genera of protozoan
many of which were not identified to species
level.
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in species of the family Viverridae

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Virus Reported
• SARS coronavirus (Masked Palm Civet)
• HPAI virus H5N1 (Owston’s civet)
• Rabies virus (Small Indian civet, African
Civet, Golden Palm Civet)
• Canine distemper virus
• Feline panleukopenia virus
• Canine parvovirus
• Mammalian reovirus
• Genet faecal theilovirus
• Genet faecal picobirnavirus
• Ikoma lyssavirus
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in species of the family Viverridae
Zoonotic Potential
Acknowledged

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Bacteria Reported
• Leptospira interrogans
• Bartonella henselae
• Klebsiella pneumonia
• Salmonella enterica
• Escherichia coli
• Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
• Campylobacter spp.
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in species of the family Viverridae
Zoonotic Potential
Acknowledged

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Pathogens Reported
Protozoan:
• Toxoplasma gondii
Nematode:
• Ascaris lumbricoides, Ascaris sp
• Dirofilaria sp.
Ticks
• Amblyomma testudinarium
(Rickettsia japonica, Rickettsia tamurae, Ehrlichia chaffeensis)
• Ixodes ovatus
(R. japonica, Ehrlichia sp., Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus, Borrelia
burgdorferi)
• Haemaphysalis leachi, H. bispinosa
(R. conorii, Borrelia burgdorferi)
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in Large Indian Civet
Zoonotic Potential
Acknowledged

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Chemical Restraining
Using Syringe Projector or Dart Gun
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Dart:
Needle Size: 16 mm
Needle Type: Collered
Commonly Used & Easily
available drugs:
1. Ketamine HCl (100mg/ml)
• Ketamine-100 : 1-1.5 ml
2. Xylazine HCl
3. Etorphine HCl

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References:
1. Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie, Robert S. Hoffmann, Darrin Lunde, John MacKinnon,
Don E. Wilson, W. Chris Wozencraft, 2008: A Guide to the Mammals of
China.
2. L. V. Wicker, P. J. Canfield and D. P. Higgins, 2017: Potential Pathogens
Reported in Species of the Family Viverridae and Their Implications
for Human and Animal Health. Zoonoses and Public Health. 64(2):75–93.
3. Field Handbook on Chemical Restraint of Wild Animal. Wildlife wing,
Directorate of Forest, Govt. of West Bengal, 2016-2017.

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