Owston's palm civet pictures and facts

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Owston's palm civet

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

Keywords: tail , black

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.