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Malabar Civet Viverra civettina

A critically endangered viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. There is some controversy as to whether the Malabar civet is even native to the Western Ghats or whether it is a valid species, with speculation that it is an introduced population of the large-spotted civet. It has not been sighted since the 1990s.

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown of India, a video clip of an unidentified civet walking the deserted streets of Meppayur was uploaded on Twitter and went viral. However, numerous experts identified the civet in the video as actually being the small Indian civet (Viverricula indica), a similar-looking but far more common species.

The Investiture of Queen Kyra of Viverra 

Around noon today, Sim Minster witnessed the coronation of the most recent monarch in the house of Viverra. Queen Kyra, was officially invested into the office of Queen. Viverra did away with a more traditional coronation this time, the Queen noting in a televised interview prior to the Investiture that she wished to bring the monarchy into the modern-day. Those in attendance were The Duke of San Myshuno and his sister; The Duke of Windenburg and his daughter, the heir to the dukedom; The Marquess of Willow Creek; The Earl of Brindleton; The Earl of Newcrest; The Earl of Oasis Springs; The Baron Kealoha; The Baron Straud; The Baroness Villareal; The Baroness Roswell; and the Baron Reinerman-Fink.

The Investiture isn’t the only big royal news of the day. The Hon. Siobhan Reinerman-Fink, daughter of Baron Reinerman-Fink and girlfriend of Crown Prince Josef, attended wearing a tiara which was originally suspected to be the reported sapphire tiara the Baron purchased recently. However, it turned out to be a loan from the Queen herself! Perhaps this appearance of a tiara from the royal vault on a minor Baron’s daughter is a suggestion a royal engagement may come soon? Some have also been asking why she did not appear in the family’s own Sapphire tiara, while others wondered why the unmarried daughter of a Baron should be wearing a tiara anyway!  Either way, it’s sure to get some feathers ruffled in the news and among the other nobles!