| 41. | They are the only European births of Malagasy civet.
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| 42. | Owston's palm civet is named after the wildlife collector Alan Owston.
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| 43. | Mongoose belong to a family closely related to civets.
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| 44. | Animal species include gaur, barking deer, palm civet and wild boar.
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| 45. | SARS probaby originated in their fondness for civet cats.
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| 46. | Civet cats are not true cats, but resemble small raccoons or weasels eaten.
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| 47. | SARS is thought to have spread from wild civet cats to people in China.
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| 48. | The civet cat has a definite image problem.
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| 49. | Health workers have been drowning, electrocuting and incinerating civet cats by the thousands.
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| 50. | Merchants also have an incentive to hide civets.
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