Small-toothed palm civet

The strip Roller ( Arctogalidia trivirgata ) is a predatory species from the family of civets ( Viverridae ).

Description

The physique of the strip roller corresponds to the elongated body, long tail and short legs of many other civets. Their fur is at the top orange brown to gray-brown. Named giving feature are the three dark brown or black stripes along the back, of which only the central one is but clearly visible. The underside is white gray, dyed the gray head. Another feature is a white stripe that runs from the pointed snout to the forehead. The animals reach a body length 43-53 cm, a tail length of 51-66 centimeters and a weight of 2 to 2.5 kilograms.

Area of ​​distribution and habitat

Strip scooter live in Southeast Asia, their range extends from eastern India to Thailand up to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Their habitat are dense forests, mainly rain forests.

Way of life

Strip scooters are nocturnal, predominantly arboreal animals. You can climb well and jump from branch to branch. When resting places they use high-lying branches, sometimes the nests of other animals, such as the giant squirrel. Like most civets they live solitary.

Strip scooters are omnivores that of small mammals (eg squirrels ), birds, frogs, insects and feed on fruits.

The female can bring twice a year junior to the world, the gestation period is around 45 days and the average litter size of three pups.

Threat

Strip scooters have a large distribution area, the main threat is like many other residents of the Southeast Asian forests continues, the dividend clearing dar. Due to the shy lifestyle but are no precise data possible. The IUCN lists the species as Near Threatened, but attention deserves the living on Java subspecies A. t. trilineata, which is considered threatened.