Talk:Viverridae
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[edit] Historical Use
historical usage of civet? method of production of perfume from the musk?
was written by somebody in the main article. I've put it here, since it's rather unprofessional, no? john 08:39 2 Jun 2003 (UTC)
FYI: This article was cited in this National Business Review story. --mav
[edit] Are genets, linsangs also civets?
This article appears to be about the Viverridae family and notes that "civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae." Yet Viverridae is redirected to Civet, which seems to be only one kind of Viverridae. Is this ambiguity a reflection of common usage? A-giau 20:35, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Fossas also belong to this family, and yet they aren't mentioned in the opening sentence. The taxonomic decision made by redirecting Viverridae to here seems strange and unwarranted. --Bansp 00:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
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- no, it is just that the opening sentence is incomplete. Or rather, it counts them, as well as the binturong, palm civets, otter civets and falanouc as civets, rather than mentioning them all separately. They all get mentioned below, this is the page for the family. Perhaps the sentence can be ammended, or another one added to include all the different civets. Sabine's Sunbird 15:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
They're related, but they're not strictly "civets".61.230.79.242 04:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] No civets in Asia?
- It has been suggested that the practice of eating them may have resulted in the SARS virus outbreak of 2003. In January 2004, Guangdong province in China banned sales of civet cats and ordered the slaughter of all captive civets. In January 2004 the United States announced an embargo on the importation of civets into the country.
But at the start, the article lists civets as being endemic to African countries and Iberia, no mention of Asia.
Also anyone know why the US was importing civets to start with??--ZZ 09:00, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- "Old World tropics" includes the tropics of Asia, Africa. But the term is so POV, like so many words :) A-giau 20:36, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Importation?
"In January 2004 the United States announced an embargo on the importation of civets."
Is 'importation' even a word? Mullet 16:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
- Yes it's a word, what else would you say instead of importation? Suppafly 19:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Starbucks
Where could I try a cup of "foxdung coffee"? Bastie 01:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- You can order it online, it's about $100/pound. Suppafly 19:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
The main picture is not a great representation of civets IMO. At least on this screen, it is rather difficult to make out features. So, I am going to put up a request for picture. Rlax 09:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request someone edit link in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet
Link for racoon in 2nd paragraph (prior to this post) did not go to the animal, but instead to a 'Dutch rock band' - considering the context of the animal 'Civet', racoon should link to the compared animal 'racoon'.
[edit] The Gem-faced or Masked Palm Civet
Aka Paguma larvata [1] -- see also de:Larvenroller, ja:ハクビシン, ms:Musang Lamri, among others. I don't see it in the classification. Has it been renamed or perhaps subsumed under another? Or is it merely omitted by accident? A-giau 00:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
