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Two endemic viverrids of the Western Ghats, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

N. V. K. Ashraf ,
A. Kumar  and
A. J. T. Johnsingh
N. V. K. Ashraf
Affiliation:
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, India248 006.
A. Kumar
Affiliation:
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, India248 006.
A. J. T. Johnsingh
Affiliation:
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, India248 006.
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The Malabar and brown palm civets, Viverra civettina and Paradoxurus jerdoni, are both endemic to the Western Ghats of south-west India. Little is known about them and in 1990 a survey was conducted in three parts of the Western Ghats to assess their status. This revealed that isolated populations of Malabar civet still survive in less disturbed areas of South Malabar but they are seriously threatened by habitat destruction and hunting because they are outside protected areas. The brown palm civet is not immediately threatened because there are about 25 protected areas within its distribution range. Recommendations have been made for conservation action to ensure the survival of these animals.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 109 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1993

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