Posted by Joseph j7uy5 on July 26, 2007
These
are sooo precious…
The
one on the left is the cub. They are Owston’s Palm Civets, Chrotogale
owstoni …
They
are found in southern Yunan and southwest Guangxi provinces in
China; northern Vietnam; and northern Laos. The typical
weight is 2-3 kg (4.4 to 6.6 pounds), length 50-60cm.
10cm, by the way, is the width of my palm across the knuckles
(which is pretty convenient sometimes). So the adult palm
civet is five to six palms long.
If memory serves, aren’t these guys the tasty morsels that were determined to be the natural reservoir of the SARS virus a couple of years ago?
And here’s a reference: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no12/pdfs/04-1293.pdf
You’re right. Good pick-up.
If memory serves, aren’t these guys the tasty morsels that were determined to be the natural reservoir of the SARS virus a couple of years ago?
The palm civets above are Chrotogale owstoni. The ones that carried the SARS virus were of a different genus, Peguma.
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