This presentation provides an overview of civets, including: 1. Civets are nocturnal, omnivorous mammals found in tropical Asia and Africa that resemble cats. They have thickly furred tails, small ears, and pointed snouts. 2. Two common civet species are discussed: the Asian palm civet and the African civet. 3. Civets face threats from habitat loss and the cruel practice of caging them to produce the expensive coffee "Kopi Luwak."

1. Welcome to Presentation on
“Civet”
Presented By
Monzur Kader Chowdhury
I.D:1201039, Reg. No. 1446
Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science
Sylhet Agricultural University

2. Introduction
Civet, also called civet cat, long-
bodied,short-legged omninivores
of the family Viverridae. mostly
nocturnal mammal native to
tropical Asia and Africa, especially
the tropical forests. Civet applies
over a dozen different mammal
species. Most of the species
diversity is found in southeast
Asia. The best-known civet
species is the African civet,
Rather catlike in appearance, they
have a thickly furred tail, small
ears, and a pointed snout. The
coloration varies widely among
the species but commonly is buff
or grayish with a pattern of black
spots or stripes or both.

3. Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Paradoxurus / Civettictis
Species:
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Civettictis civetta
Conservation Status:

4. Distribution:
The civet ranges from Nepal, northeast India, Bhutan,
Bangladesh
to Myanmar,Thailand,Singapore to Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam a
nd China.

5. Types of Civet
1.The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
2. The African civet (Civettictis civetta)

6. Civet stories:
Its scientific name
hermaphroditus came
about because both males
and females have scent
glands underneath the tail
that resemble testicles
(civet musk). A noxious
secretion is sprayed from
these glands. The durian is
sometimes called the civet
cat fruit because it too
smells bad.

7. Where seen?
This cute little 'bandit' of a beast is
sometimes seen at dusk or at
night. But it is quiet and shy and
easily spooked. It is not a cat!
In Bangladesh, it is widespread
and common even in urban areas
where it lives in the roof spaces of
buildings and forages in gardens.
They travel between houses via
telephone wires, poles and trees.
It is also found in forest,
scrubland, parks and mangroves.
It is more active at night and tends
to stay in the trees and high places

8. What does it eat?
It is omnivorous and is said to
have a particular fondness for
fruits. But it also eats insects
and small animals that it can
catch.
Baby civets:
Civet cats are not social and
usually live alone. Except for
a mother and her young.
Mama civet gives birth to 2-5
kittens, usually in a tree
hollow, crevice or other hiding
place. Babies are born with
their eyes closed. They are
mature at 11-12 months.
Civet cats can live for 22-24
years.

9. Role in the habitat:
Important part of food
web
As a fruit eater, it helps to
disperse seeds and
contributes to the
regeneration of forests.
Gene resources…

10. Civet-processed coffee:
'Kopi Luwak' is a type of expensive
gourmet coffee made from coffee
beans that have been 'processed'
by a civet cat. In nature, the civet
cat eats coffee beans, among many
other natural food. The coffee
beans which are excreted by the
civet cat are collected to be made
into coffee for humans to drink.
Unfortunately, growing demand has
resulted in cruel abuse of civet cats
to produce this coffee. The civet
cats are caged, fed nothing but
coffee beans and poorly looked
after. Please do NOT support
Kopi Luwak!
Threat:

11. Disease of Civet:
Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS)-like virus
has been isolated from civets.
A dangerous zoonotic disease
so civet banned to import in
USA and others countries.
As Cat family others viral
disease (Rabies etc), Bacterial
disease ( tuberculosis,
Brucellosis, Plague ,
Salmonellosis etc) , fungal and
parasitic disease.