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civetSmall to medium-sized carnivorous mammal found in Africa and Asia, belonging to the family Viverridae, which also includes mongooses and genets. Distant relations of cats, they generally have longer jaws and more teeth. All have a scent gland in the inguinal (groin) region. Extracts from this gland are taken from the African civet Civettictis civetta and used in perfumery. As well as eating animal matter, many species, for example, the Southeast Asian palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata, are fond of fruit. |
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However, recent data suggest that civets may be only amplifiers of a natural cycle involving trade and consumption of bats (28). But very little has changed, judging from a recent trip to the squalid animal market in Guangzhou, where the government ordered 10,000 civets exterminated after the World Health Organization determined the catlike animals carry a virus linked to SARS. Exposure rates among animal merchants ranged from 19 percent in those selling cats to 73 percent in traders of masked palm civets. |
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