Oh, dude, a baby civet is called a "kitten." Yeah, just like those adorable little fluff balls that meow and knock stuff off your shelves. So, next time you see a baby civet, you can be like, "Hey, look at that cute kitten!" Just make sure you don't mix them up with actual kittens, unless you're into exotic pets, I guess.
Unfortunately there are two items that are created from use of the civet cat. Fortunately, only one of these can be considered inhumanely harvested--and that use is being eliminated as the chemical received can now be synthetically synthesized. Civets are the source for one of the oldest components of perfume known. This would be a musklike substance called civetone. And this would also be the use of civets that is, thankfully, being eliminated. On the other hand, what brings the civet its current fame is its use in coffee production. For this, however, the civet needs only eat and digest the fruit of the coffee plant. What is harvested is not a part of the animal's body--just the coffee beans that remain post-digestion.
Oh dear. Since I think this response is to the same person who asked me if civets have hooves [no], I guess I better start from the beginning. The common palm civet is a medium sized land mammal, family Viverridae. It is also known as the Asian palm civet [Paradoxurus hermaphroditus]. Yes, it is the one from which is derived Kopi Luwak.
A banded palm civet is an omnivore, meaning it consumes both plant matter and small animals/insects. It typically eats fruits, insects, and small mammals.
The contribution of the civet cat to coffee is unlike virtually every other contribution of every other animal known to humankind. In fact, it is what could be considered antithetical to most other contributions. The civet cat is the only mammal of which I am aware whose contribution to civilization lies within that which it cannot help but produce, and this daily.Specifically, one of the main components of the Asian Palm Civet's diet is coffee in its cherry form. The civet does with the coffee what any mammal does with one of the main components of its diet [it eats it], after which what happens to that component is what happens to any of the main components of anyone's diet after they've been eaten [it is digested, it leaves the body of the animal]. After the coffee has left the animal's body it is then, and only then, harvested to be made into the coffee known as Kopi Luwak--which is the most expensive coffee in the world.
60 years
up to 10 years(wild) Up to 20 years(in captivity)
"Civet" is pronounced as ˈsi-vət.
Wild civets live primarily in Africa and southeast or tropical Asia. There are many different types of civet, the name refers to over a dozen different species. None of them is native to the new world.
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The scientific name of the civet cat is dependent upon the genera and species of civet. There are many. Almost all civets are grouped beneath the family Viverridae with the African Palm Civet the lone member of the family Nandiniidae. Civets' genera and species names, however, are multiple. For example, the masked palm civet's binomial name is Paguma larvata while the binomial name of the African civet [not the African palm civet] is Civettictis civetta.If you need the scientific name of a specific species of civet cat, it is easy to look up civets and go from there.
It is a Civet. (Civet Cat)
The Civet is a cat-like mammal .
What is the relationship between a civet and a chicken? A civet is a smallish wild cat, so it would eat a chicken. The chicken is a prey animal and an omnivore and the civet is a carnivore and a hunter/killer.
Kopi Luwak or civet coffee .
There are no civet species that are native to North America.
African palm civet was created in 1830.