Vision

Small-toothed Palm Civet

  • Media owner Vision
  • Date added
October 9th, 2006.
  • Like
Reactions: zooboy28
Found this picture of the Creatures of the Night show in Singapore Night Safari, taken in October 2006; the extremely large tail to body ratio makes me think of a tree-kangaroo, and the black face and small size makes me think of Lumholtz's.

However, I can't find anything about any Singaporean zoo ever keeping this species, or the species ever leaving Australia at all.
 
I'm pretty sure it's not a tree kangaroo, but I'm not sure what it is. If that is the tail and not a leash of some sort or an effect of the photo, then it is an extraordinarily long tail though.

My bet would be on some sort of large rodent, perhaps a squirrel.
 
I think it's actually a small-toothed palm civet. I had a google for civets at the show there and found a video showing exactly what is happening in your photo (with the kid holding out his hands, in one of which is a grape).

 
I remember seeing this during my visit. The "brave" little girl that stood up was petrified by the cute little fuzzball! XD
 

Media information

Category
Singapore Night Safari
Added by
Vision
Date added
View count
1,560
Comment count
5
Rating
0.00 star(s) 0 ratings

Image metadata

Device
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. u810/S810
Aperture
ƒ/2.8
Focal length
7.4 mm
Exposure time
1/10 second(s)
ISO
3200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
PA090408.JPG
File size
437.7 KB
Date taken
Mon, 09 October 2006 8:12 PM
Dimensions
2048px x 1536px

Share this media

Back
Top