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The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it accommodates to a broad range of habitats .
Kopi luwak, also known as civet coffee, is a coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The cherries are fermented as they pass through a civet's intestines , and after being defecated with other fecal matter, they are collected. [ 1 ]
Brown palm civet, P. jerdoni Blanford, 1885 [8] Western Ghats, India In 2009, it was proposed to also include the golden wet-zone palm civet ( P. aureus , Cuvier , 1822), the Sri Lankan brown palm civet ( P. montanus , Kelaart , 1852) and the golden dry-zone palm civet ( P. stenocephalus , Groves et al., 2009), which are endemic to Sri Lanka. [ 9 ]
A caged civet. Kopi luwak, called cà phê cứt chồn in Vietnam and Tagalog: kape alamid in the Philippines) is coffee that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten and partly digested by the Asian palm civet and then harvested from its fecal matter. [6] [7]
The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata) resembles the civets of the Viverridae, but is genetically distinct and belongs in its own monotypic family, the Nandiniidae. There is little dispute that the Poiana species are viverrids.
Four viverrid species (clockwise from top left): the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), the common genet (Genetta genetta), the binturong (Arctictis binturong), and the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) Viverridae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, composed mainly of the civets and genets. A member of this family is ...
Palm civet is the common name of several species of feliform carnivorans in two families. Family Nandiniidae: African palm civet (Nandinia binotata) Family Viverridae: Small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni) Hose's palm civet (Diplogale hosei) Banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus)
The Viverrinae range in size from the African linsang with a body length of 33 cm (13 in) and a weight of 650 g (1.43 lb) to the African civet at 84 cm (33 in) and 18 kg (40 lb). [ citation needed ] Distribution and ecology