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Otter Civets
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Otter Civets

Cynogale

The otter civet (Cynogale bennettii) is a semiaquatic civet native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It is listed as Endangered because of a serious ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 50% over the past three generations (estimated to be 15 years), inferred from direct habitat destruction, and indirect inferred declines due to pollutants.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Otter Civet

speciesCynogale bennettii

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