Small Indian civet

Small Indian civet
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Viverrinae
Genus:	Viverricula Hodgson, 1838
Species:	V. indica
Binomial name
Viverricula indica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Subspecies
List V. i. indica (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) V. i. pallida (Gray, 1831) V. i. bengalensis (Gray and Hardwicke, 1832) V. i. deserti (Bonhote, 1898) V. i. thai (Kloss, 1919) V. i. muriavensis (Sody, 1931) V. i. mayori (Pocock, 1933) V. i. wellsi (Pocock, 1933) V. i. baptistæ (Pocock, 1933)
Small Indian civet range (green - extant, pink - probably extant)

The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.

The small Indian civet is a monotypic genus.

The genus Viverricula was named by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1838 with the small Indian civet as the sole member.Viverricula rasse described by Horsfield from Java is considered a variety of Viverricula indica.

A phylogenetic study showed that the small Indian civet is closely related to the genera Civettictis and Viverra. It was estimated that the Civettictis-Viverra clade diverged from Viverricula around 16.2 Mya. The authors suggested that the subfamily Viverrinae should be bifurcated into Genettinae including Poiana and Genetta, and Viverrinae including Civettictis, Viverra and Viverricula. The following cladogram is based on this study.

Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica)

African civet (Civettictis civetta)

Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha)

Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)

Malayan civet (V. tangalunga)

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