civet carnivorous mammalian Viverridae lithe-bodied arboreal mammal musk tropic Africa Asia
Civets are small, lithe-bodied, mostly arboreal mammals native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. Civet may also refer to the distinctive musk produced by the animal. The common name is used for a variety of carnivorous mammalian species, mostly of the family Viverridae (although it resembles the other civets, the African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata) is genetically distinct and belongs in its own monotypic family, Nandiniidae). In 2005, the World Wide Fund for Nature released photos taken by a night time camera trap of an unknown carnivore (nicknamed the cat-fox) on Borneo. Scientists debate whether this animal is new species of civet, or a known, but rare, species (such as Hose's Palm Civet, thought previously to be extinct). Civets have a broadly cat-like general appearance, though the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like an otter or a mongoose. They range in length from about 17 to 28 in. (40 to 70 cm) (excluding their long tails) and in weight from about 3 to 10 lb (1 to 5 kg). Viverrids are native to Africa (except the area immediately south of the Mediterranean), Madagascar, the Iberian Peninsula, southern China, and Southeast Asia. Favoured habitats include woodland, savanna, and mountain biomes and, above all, tropical rainforest. In consequence, many are faced with severe loss of habitat; several species are considered vulnerable and the Otter Civet is classified as endangered. In Sri Lanka, the asian palm civet species is known as "Uguduwa" by the Sinhala speaking community. The terms Uguduwa and Kalawedda are used interchangeably by the Sri Lankan community to refer to the same animal. However, the term Kalawedda is mostly used to refer to a different species of the civet family, which is similar in appearance to the Ring-tailed Cat. Kopi Luwak, also known as caphe cut chon (fox-dung coffee) in Vietnam and kape alamid in the Philippines, is coffee that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten and partially digested by the
Size: 4222px × 4226px
Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: (, -fashioned, 1800, 19th, 2d, academic, africa, age, ancient, animal., antique, antiquity, arboreal, asia., black, book, bw, bygone, caentury, carnivorous, civet, civets, classical, common, copy, cut, cutout, distinctive, drawing, duplicate, embossed, empire, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, etching, expression, family, figure, formal, front, frontispiece, graphic, hand, heritage, historic, history, illustration, image, imperial, late, lifelike, lithe-bodie, lithe-bodied, majesty, mammalian, mammals, margin, master, monotone, musk, national, native, nineteenth, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, original, paper, period, pictorial, picture, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, prior, produced, proof, publication, publicity, queen, rare, real, realism, realistic, refer, reference, relief, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, resembles, retro, review, romantic, small, social, species, standard, steel, studio, style, subject, teach, time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, tropics, true, unusual, variety, victoria, victorian, visual, viverridae, white
