Soon after, it became clear that a small Indian civet had been mistaken for a Malabar. While the Malabar civet is longer considered extinct, the IUCN estimates fewer than 250 remain in the wild.

Tirupati: In a significant step towards wildlife conservation, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has allocated a substantial 1.97 crore for the conservation of civet cats at the Sri ...