The reticulated civet was handed over in Yen Bai, a precious species like a 'treasure' of Vietnam.

The Hoang Lien Center for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Creatures has just received a civet handed over by a local resident in Yen Bai . The civet is an extremely rare species that has been listed in the Vietnam Red Book.

The Forest Protection Department of Tran Yen District (Yen Bai) coordinated with Luong Thinh Commune and relevant agencies to receive and move a civet handed over by a local resident to the Hoang Lien Center for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Living Creatures. Photo: Yen Bai Newspaper.

Hoang Lien Center for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Organisms raises and cares for individual civets before releasing them back into the wild. Photo: Vietnamnet.

Previously, on the evening of October 14, Mr. Vu Duy Hung's family in Phuong Dao 2 village, Luong Thinh commune discovered a civet . Mr. Hung's family then notified the district Forest Protection Department to hand over the rare civet. Photo: Mytourcdn.

The scientific name of the clouded civet is Prionodon pardicolor. They are also known by other names such as star civet or leopard civet. This species is mainly distributed in Vietnam, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Thailand... Photo: Vncreatures.

An extremely rare animal, the small-bodied civet cat weighs an average of 0.5 - 6 kg when fully grown. Photo: iNaturalist.

An extremely rare animal, the small-bodied civet cat weighs an average of 0.5 - 6 kg when fully grown. Photo: iNaturalist.

The spotted civet is a nocturnal species. They go out to forage for food in low trees 1 - 1.5m above the ground. Occasionally, they come down to the ground to forage. Photo: Researchgate.

The food of the civet includes mice, snakes, frogs, small birds and insects. They give birth to young and each litter usually has 2 babies. Photo: Pinimg.

The spotted civet is an extremely rare species that has been included in Vietnam's Red Book. Photo: petrotimes.

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