Viverricula indica (English spelling)

Japanese: Viverricula indica(英語表記)Viverriculaindica
Viverricula indica (English spelling)

…The body has black stripes or spots on a yellowish-brown background, and a prominent black and white band across the underside of the neck. The genus Viverra includes the African civet V. civetta (sub-Saharan Africa), the Indian civet V. zibetha (from Nepal to southern China and Malaya), the Malayan civet V. tangalunga (Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines), and the lesser civet V. indica (distributed from India and Sri Lanka to southern China, from Taiwan to Sumatra. Those introduced to Java, Bali, Madagascar, etc. have become feral.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Viverricula indica" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…胴には黄褐色の地に黒色の縞か斑点があり,首の下面を横切る顕著な黒帯と白帯がある。背筋に,逆立てることができる〈たてがみ〉状の長毛を備えたジャコウネコ属ViverraのアフリカジャコウネコV.civetta(サハラ以南のアフリカ),インドジャコウネコV.zibetha(イラスト)(ネパールから中国南部・マラヤまで),マレージャコウネコ(ジャワジャコウネコ)V.tangalunga(マラヤ,スマトラ,ボルネオ,フィリピン)などと,そのような〈たてがみ〉のないヒメジャコウネコ(コジャコウネコ)Viverricula indica(イラスト)(インド・スリランカから中国南部まで,台湾からスマトラまで分布。ジャワ,バリ,マダガスカルなどに移入されたものは野生化)がある。…

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