Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:44.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Indiis", subsequently restricted by Thomas (1911«: 137) to "Bengal" .

DISTRIBUTION: Burma, Cambodia, China (Anhui, Shaanxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu), India, Indonesia, Laos, Western Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: ashtoni Swinhoe, 1865; civettoides Hodgson, 1842; filchneri Matschie, 1908; melanura Hodgson, 1842; orientalis Hodgson, 1842; pietà Wroughton, 1915; piscator Shaw, 1800; pruinosa Wroughton, 1917; sigillata Robinson and Kloss, 1920; surdaster Thomas, 1927; undulata Gray, 1830 .