How many protected animals are civet cats?

Masked palm civet belongs to the family Carnivora, a kind of wild animal with precious fur, with a yellow-grayish brown body, a slightly fat body, a thick and short neck, and indistinguishable from the body. there are 17 subspecies and 9 species in China. This is the only species of the genus, and it belongs to the primitive group of carnivores as well as other species of the family. Do you know how many levels of protection masked palm civet is?

What level of animal protection is masked palm civet?

Masked palm civet is a second-class protected animal in the country.

Masked palm civet's level of protection

Masked palm civet has been listed in the list of terrestrial wildlife that are beneficial to national protection or have important economic and scientific research value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

The population status of masked palm civet

Masked palm civet has a large number of folk breeding and breeding, but the current situation of the wild population is unknown, and the huge profits have prompted the trend of poaching and selling masked palm civet everywhere. According to the Wildlife Protection Law of the people's Republic of China, wild masked palm civet belongs to protected animals.

On May 11, 2003, SARS-like virus was isolated from masked palm civet specimens by researchers in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Masked palm civet was temporarily sealed and reared in Beijing, Guangzhou and other places.

In August 2003, the State Forestry Administration of China confirmed the list of the first batch of terrestrial wild animals that can be used for commercial operation. Masked palm civet, who was widely hyped, will take off the label of "the culprit of SARS" and become a midday meal for the citizens.

Yuan Guoyong, a professor of infectious diseases at the School of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said in 2013 that the natural host of SARS virus was a bat called "Chinese chrysanthemum-headed bat". Masked palm civet was only an intermediate host, not a natural host, and masked palm civet was cleared of his grievances for 10 years.