Owston's palm civet

Owston's palm civet

Order : Carnivora
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Hemigalinae
Species : Chrotogale owstoni

The Owston's banded palm civet, owston's palm civet is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Owston's palm civet

Highly sought for its alleged traditional medicinal properties and its meat, the Owston's palm civet is threatened by the combined affects of illegal hunting and a significant reduction in natural habitat across its range. (Full text)

Owston's Civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a species of small carnivore that lives in forest in Northern and Central Vietnam, Lao PDR and Southern China. (Full text)

Owston's Palm Civet is marked with dark bands and stripes on the upper BODY BACKGROUND="/I/wcmcback. (Full text)

Owston’s Civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a species of small carnivore that lives in forests in northern and central Viet (Full text)

Owston’s palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a highly range restricted small carnivore native to the forests (Full text)

Chrotogale owstoni is found in southern Yunan and southwest Guangxi provinces in China; northern Vietnam; and northern Laos. (Full text)

Owston's palm civet is a nocturnal forager and supposedly is solitary in the wild. (Full text)

The very rare Owston's palm civet is poached to supply its glands to the Chinese "medicinal trade. (Full text)

Owston’s Civet (Chrotogale owstoni) is a species of small carnivore that lives in forests in northern and central Viet Nam, Laos and (Full text)

Owston’s Palm Civet is listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable. (Full text)

Workshops for Forestry Protection Rangers in the importance and threats to Small Carnivores as well as identification and basic ecology are carried out in areas where Owston’s Palm Civets are known to exist. (Full text)

The Owston's palm civet is found in northern Vietnam, northern Laos, and China in the southern Yunan and southwest (Full text)