Key Identification Features
- Its muzzle is white, with distinct white spots below each eye; its ears are grey, and its tail has alternating black and white bands ending in a black tip.
- Viverricula indica, commonly called the small Indian civet, has distinct physical characteristics.
- Some individuals have indistinct lines and spots, and may lack dorsal bands entirely.
- It performs distinct comfort behaviors including fur grooming, shaking and licking its hair, and scratching; shaking is the most characteristic of these comfort behaviors.
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