Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Viverra tangalunga Gray 1832 Viverra tangalunga Gray 1832 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832: 63 . Type Locality: Not given. Fixed by Gray (1843:48) as " Sumatra " [ Indonesia ]. Vernacular Names: Malayan Civet . Subspecies: : Subspecies Viverra tangalunga subsp. tangalunga Gray 1832 Subspecies Viverra tangalunga subsp. lankavensis Robinson and Kloss 1920 Distribution: Cambodia , Indonesia ( Sumatra , Rhio-Lingga Arch., Bangka Isl, Borneo, Karimata Isl, Sulawesi , Amboina), Malaysia , Philippines , and Thailand . Introduced throughout the Moluccas . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).