The civet is a smaller civet in the jungles of Asia species, and its dark, easy to detect thick hair and big eyes. Civet is also known as the common palm civet, and the cat are the areas where the Toddy Civet found natively.
Civet is inhabiting the rainforest and rainforest in many parts of Asia. The main towns of the civet, however, in southern India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and southern China. Unfortunately, Asian palm civets were dramatically increasing deforestation (and therefore habitat loss) are affected in their regions of origin.
Civet is widespread and often found in large parts of Asia and despite their feline appearance and behavior, palm civets Asia are not at all, but are close to other small predators like weasels and mongooses actually together . Unlike other types of civet Civet tail without rings, but the face of this kind it is like a raccoon in bands.
The civet is a loner who, to hunt only in the darkness of the night to come and catch the food. These nocturnal animals that live in the soil in the first place, high ground and mark their areas anal glands dragging on the ground. Despite housing, although mainly ground civet known to climb into hiding in the trees, either for food or predators approaching.
The civet is a carnivorous animal, and how other types of civet, meat-based diet, which survived, supplemented by rare plant or fruit. Small animals like rodents, lizards, snakes and frogs make up the majority of the diet of the civet and insects and other small animals wandering by low growth. Asian palm civets are also known to eat the fruits and flowers of palms, mangoes and coffee in their natural habitats.
Although actually it chasing a wild predator still relatively mystery that is Civet in a number of predators in the wild. Big Wild Cats are the most common predators of the civet, including tigers and leopards, as well as reptiles and large snakes and crocodiles.
Civet The female usually gives birth to 4 young after a gestation period that lasts a few months. Babies are weaned from their mothers until they are strong enough order, to their fate. Asian palm civets may be aged up to 20 years, although most rarely this old.
Civet today is threatened by deforestation and loss of this drastically much of their natural habitat. The main reason for such extensive deforestation in the area is the application or the land to make way for oil palm plantations to clear.
Civet data
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genre: Paradoxurus
Scientific name: Paradoxurus hermaphrodite
Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Size (H): 43cm - 71cm (17 inches - 28 inches)
Weight: 1.4 kg - 4.5 kg (3 pounds - 10 pounds)
Life span 15 - 20 years
Lifestyle: Solitary
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Color: Black, white, gray, yellow, brown, tan
Skin Type: Skin
Food: Rodents
Habitat: Rainforest
Average litter size: 2
Main prey: rodents, snakes, frogs
Predators: lions, snakes, leopards
Special features: body and elongated snout with sharp, pointed teeth
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