Talk:Civet
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historical usage of civet? method of production of perfume from the musk?
was written by somebody in the main article. I've put it here, since it's rather unprofessional, no? john 08:39 2 Jun 2003 (UTC)
FYI: This article was cited in this (http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=7930&cid=8&cname=News) National Business Review story. --mav
Are genets, linsangs also civets?
This article appears to be about the Viverridae family and notes that "civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae." Yet Viverridae is redirected to Civet, which seems to be only one kind of Viverridae. Is this ambiguity a reflection of common usage? A-giau 20:35, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
No civets in Asia?
- It has been suggested that the practice of eating them may have resulted in the SARS virus outbreak of 2003. In January 2004, Guangdong province in China banned sales of civet cats and ordered the slaughter of all captive civets. In January 2004 the United States announced an embargo on the importation of civets into the country.
But at the start, the article lists civets as being endemic to African countries and Iberia, no mention of Asia.
Also anyone know why the US was importing civets to start with??--ZZ 09:00, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- "Old World tropics" includes the tropics of Asia, Africa. But the term is so POV, like so many words :) A-giau 20:36, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
