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Viverra tangalunga
Gray,
1832. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 63.
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ORDER—CARNIVORA
FAMILY—Viverridae
COMMON NAME—Malay
civet, tangalung.
DISTRIBUTION—Malay
Peninsula to Sulawesi and Amboina; found throughout the Philippines. Specimens
from Bohol (FMNH), Busuanga (FMNH), Culion (FMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon
[Abra (FMNH), Bataan (AMNH), Camarines Sur (USNM), Cagayan (UMMZ), and
Isabela (AMNH) provinces], Mindanao [Davao del Norte (FMNH), Davao del
Sur (FMNH), Lanao del Sur (USNM), Maguindanao (FMNH), Misamis Occidental
(USNM), and Misamis Oriental (FMNH) provinces], Mindoro (USNM), Negros
(USNM), Palawan (USNM), Samar (FMNH), and Sibuyan (FMNH). Also reported
from Camiguin (Heaney & Tabaranza, 1991), Catanduanes (Heaney et al.,
1991), Panay (Timm & Birney, 1980; Lastimosa, pers. comm.), and Siguijor
(Timm & Birney, 1980)..
HABITAT—In
primary and secondary lowland, montane, and mossy forest from sea level
to at least 1200 m (Heaney et al., in press; Rabor, 1955; Rickart et al.,
1993).
STATUS—Widespread
in Asia. Moderately common in forest, rare elsewhere.
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(photograph by L.Heaney)
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