Small Indian Civet

The small Indian civet has brown, yellow, or tawny-orange fur patterned with black-and-white neck rings, small body spots, six to eight dark dorsal stripes, and a banded tail. Its feet are usually dark, while the breast is paler and nearly unmarked. Compared with civets of the genus Viverra, it is smaller, lacks a raised dorsal crest, and has more closely spaced ears and a shorter muzzle. (Animal Diversity Web)

Small Indian civets occur from southern and central China through Indochina and India. They favor open country, riverine forest, deciduous woodland, grassland, farmland, and settlements more than dense rainforest. Primarily nocturnal and solitary, they rest in burrows, hollow logs, gutters, or similar dark shelters. They mainly hunt rodents and other small vertebrates but opportunistically consume insects, eggs, fruit, carrion, and human refuse. Females bear two to five young. (Animal Diversity Web)