Viverricula indica (Desmarest, 1804) . Tabi. Méth. Hist. Nat., in, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24:9, 17.

TYPE LOCALITY: "l'lnde" [India] .

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kangean Isl, Sumbawa, Bali), Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Introduced to Yemen, Zanzibar, Socotra, Madagascar, the Comoro Isis, and the Philippines; scattered distribution on many SE Asian islands due to introductions.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: baptistae Pocock, 1933; bengalensis Hardwicke, 1833; deserti Bonhote, 1898; hanensis Matschie, 1908; malaccensis Gmelin, 1788; mayori Pocock, 1933; pallida Gray, 1832; rasse Horsfield, 1824; schlegelii Pollen, 1868; taivana Schwarz, 1911; thai Kloss, 1919; wellsi Pocock, 1933.

COMMENTS: The correct identity of V. malaccensis is uncertain (Pocock, 1933b).