href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/24/content_6424764.htm">These
are sooo precious...
The
one on the left is the cub. They are
href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chrotogale_owstoni.html"
rel="tag">Owston's Palm Civets, Chrotogale
owstoni ...
They
are found in southern Yunan and southwest Guangxi provinces in
China; northern Vietnam; and northern Laos. The typical
weight is 2-3 kg (4.4 to 6.6 pounds), length 50-60cm. 
10cm, by the way, is the width of my palm across the knuckles
(which is pretty convenient sometimes). So the adult palm
civet is five to six palms long.
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If memory serves, aren't these guys the tasty morsels that were determined to be the natural reservoir of the SARS virus a couple of years ago?
And here's a reference: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no12/pdfs/04-1293.pdf
You're right. Good pick-up.
If memory serves, aren't these guys the tasty morsels that were determined to be the natural reservoir of the SARS virus a couple of years ago?
The palm civets above are Chrotogale owstoni. The ones that carried the SARS virus were of a different genus, Peguma.
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