What are the methods for capturing wild masked palm civets?
The masked palm civet, also known as the gem-faced civet, white-nosed dog, hairy rat, and so on, is a precious wild animal of the genus Paguma in the family Viverridae. It mainly inhabits forests, shrublands, rock caves, tree holes, or burrows, and can occasionally be found in cultivated land. Large numbers are raised in captivity in Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Guangdong, and other parts of China. Now let us take a look at the methods for capturing wild masked palm civets!
Methods for capturing wild masked palm civets
Dissolve 1 gram of vanillin (also known as vanillaldehyde, a widely used edible flavoring) in a small amount of boiling water, then put in bananas and snow pears, soak for 1 hour, and place them in a cage at a spot with clear ground. When the masked palm civet smells the fragrance, it will enter the cage to seek food and can be captured alive. However,the masked palm civet is a national second-class protected animal, and any illegal capture, hunting, selling, or eating of wild masked palm civets will be subject to legal sanctions.
Where are masked palm civets distributed?
In the wild, the masked palm civet is distributed across Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and the vast areas of China south of North China, from the western suburbs of Beijing, Datong in Shanxi, the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, and western Sichuan in the north all the way to the southern Himalayas in Tibet, and south to Taiwan, China, Hainan Island, and the southern edge of Yunnan, among which the nominate subspecies is distributed in the southeastern provinces. The subspecies endemic to Taiwan, China is distributed in mountainous areas from low to high elevations, but mainly in low- and mid-elevation mountainous areas and cultivated land.
Protection level of the masked palm civet
1. It has been listed in China's Red List of Biodiversity——Vertebrates, with an assessment level of Near Threatened (NT).
2. It has been listed in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
3. It has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under State Protection That Are Beneficial or of Important Economic or Scientific Research Value, issued by China's State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000.