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Tianguen Civet;Viverra tainguensis

Last update: 31-12-69

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The Tainguen civet is a small carnivore that was first recorded by scientists in 1996. It is the newest member of the genus of Oriental civets. Specimens collected so far have weighed 3 - 7.5 kg (6.6 - 16.5 lb). The Tainguen civet has been found in moist primary tropical forest in the valley of a small brook. It is terrestrial and nocturnal. Oriental civets in general are solitary and have been known to eat a wide variety of food, including small mammals, birds, snakes, frogs, insects, eggs, fruit, and roots.

The Tainguen civet was first described by scientists in 1996 from the Tainguen Plateau in Gialai Province, Vietnam. It has subsequently been found in other locations in Vietnam from Tonkin in the North to South Annam in the South.

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