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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.
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 ...
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 ]
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 ]
A virus similar to SARS-CoV was isolated from Himalayan palm civets (Paguma larvata), a common raccoon dog, and humans working in a live-animal market in Guangdong, China in May 2003. [ 32 ] Common raccoon dogs, as well as masked palm civets , were originally believed to be the natural reservoirs of severe acute respiratory syndrome–related ...
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.
Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) Blyth, 1862; Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) (Desmarest, 1804) [31] Binturong (Arctitis binturong) (Raffles, 1821) Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777) [32] Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) (Hamilton Smith, 1827) Brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) Blanford, 1885