A camera-trap record of a brown Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica from Karnataka state, southern India

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colour aberration, anomalous colouring, Viverridae, Chamundi Hills Reserved Forest

Abstract

Colour aberrations in small nocturnal mammals often go undocumented. During a camera-trapping survey focused on Leopard Panthera pardus in Chamundi Hills Reserved Forest, Karnataka state, southern India, a brown Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica was camera trapped. This is the first known photographic evidence of a brown coat colour aberration in Small Indian Civet

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Shravan Suthar, Holématthi Nature Foundation

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Dr. Sanjay Gubbi, Holématthi Nature Foundation

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Poornesha H C, Holématthi Nature Foundation

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Malaika Mathew Chawla, Holématthi Nature Foundation

Research Assistant 

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2023-07-30

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Suthar, S. (2023) “A camera-trap record of a brown Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica from Karnataka state, southern India”, Small Carnivore Conservation, 61. Available at: https://smallcarnivoreconservation.com/index.php/sccg/article/view/3845 (Accessed: 5 May 2024).

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Vol. 61 (2023)

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