Large-spotted Civet

The large-spotted civet is a long-bodied ground civet with bold black spots on a grey-buff coat, a black dorsal crest and a banded tail whose dark basal bands tend to merge. Its pattern and larger marks distinguish it from the large Indian civet (specialist viverrid accounts; Mammal Diversity Database).

It is native to mainland Southeast Asia and uses dense forest and adjoining open habitats. Nocturnal and solitary, it forages on the ground for rodents and other small vertebrates, invertebrates, fruit and shoots. Habitat loss and hunting have caused severe declines (Zoological Park Organization of Thailand; IUCN assessment). It is Nationally Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).