Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Viverra civettino Blyth, 1862 . J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 31:332 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Southern Malabar" restricted by Pocock (1933«:446) to "Travancore" [ India ] . DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to S India . STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered. COMMENTS: Considered a subspecies of V. megaspila by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) ; however, considered at the specific level by Lindsay (1928) , Pocock (1941«), and Wozencraft (1984 , 1989b ).