---
title: "Small Indian Civet"
description: "Viverricula indica — Mamíferos. The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/small-indian-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Indian Civet

> Viverricula indica — Mamíferos. The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Viverricula indica*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 948
- Wikidata: [Q734351](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734351)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41618](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41618)

## Names

- en: Small Indian Civet
- de: Kleine Indische Zibetkatze
- es: Civeta enana oriental
- fr: Civette indienne
- nl: Rassé
- pl: Wiwerka malajska

## Countries with the most observations

TW (244), IN (199), HK (65), LK (56), TH (54), VN (27), ID (17), CN (13), PK (13), NP (9), YE (6), MG (4)

## Summary

The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.
This is the only species in genus Viverricula.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Indian_civet

## Photo

![Small Indian Civet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-indian-civet/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Addis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279568673

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-indian-civet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).