果子狸研究现状

文献资料表明，有关果子狸的已有研究主要集中于人工饲养繁殖和疾病防治，区域性的动物学野外考察报告仅几篇涉及果子狸。目前，尚缺乏关于果子狸的基础生物学数据。鉴于果子狸曾被怀疑是SARS的疫源动物，故应立即开展果子狸的亚种及分布、野生种群与生境监测、繁殖交配制度与扩散行为等项研究。此外，还有必要研究果子狸的潜在疾病和预防，并开展人工养殖果子狸品系的选育工作。

Status of the Research on Masked Palm Civets

We reviewed the published literatures on masked palm civets and found most of the researches on masked palm civets are on the feeding, breeding, diseases and its treatment, only several papers of general zoological field survey referred the regional existence masked palm civets. We lack of basic biological data on masked palm civets. Because the masked palm civets are suspected as possible source of SARS, thus, we should study the subspecies and its distributions, monitor the population and habitat of wild masked palm civets population and study mating system and dispersal of the juveniles in masked palm civets. Additionally we should study the potential diseases, particularly, those infectious diseases and its prevention, at same time to select the breeds of masked palm civets for artificial propagation.