A number of species of civet, " Civettictis civetta " of Ethiopia, and " Viverra zibetha " and " Viverricula indica " of India, Malaya, Indochina, and Indonesia, can yield civet oil.
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The fauna of the lower Gangetic Plain is similar to the upper plains, with the addition of a number of other species such as the smooth-coated otter ( " Lutrogale perspicillata " ) and the large Indian civet ( " Viverra zibetha " ).