Owston's palm civet
Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a civet native to Vietnam, Laos and southern China. It is listed as Endangered by IUCN because of an ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 50% over the last three generations, inferred from over-exploitation, habitat destruction and degradation.
| Owston's palm civet | |
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| Owston's palm civets in captivity | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Hemigalinae |
| Genus: | Chrotogale Thomas, 1912 |
| Species: | C. owstoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrotogale owstoni (Thomas, 1912) | |
| Owston's palm civet range | |
Chrotogale is a monospecific genus. Owston's palm civet is named after the wildlife collector Alan Owston.
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