"Our kopi luwak is selected from the Asian
civet cat, which only eats the fruit pulp of the ripest coffee berries.
Watt states that the animal is known in "Nepal Tarai" as jowadi manjar and in Kannada as punagu pilli, and adds that this type of
civet cat "is frequently kept in confinement by Natives, for the purpose of yielding civet and becomes perfectly tame." On the economic product of this cat, Watt notes "Civet, the unctuous, highly odorous secretion from the anal glands of several of the VIVERRIDAE, especially Viverra zibetha, and Viverricula malaccensis, is used to a considerable extent in India, both for perfumery and for medicinal purposes.
Dannenfeldt, who writes that civet 'is a soft, fatty, yellowish glandular secretion formed in a discharging pocket of two sacs or perineal glands located between the anus and the genitals of both the male and female
civet cat'.
Holcomb from Douglas County, Oregon, wrote to report fair trapping and fine hunting with "some few elk, plenty of deer, bear, cougar and bobcats, a few wolves and coyotes, beaver, otter, mink, coon, skunk,
civet cat and marten." He went on to say that "the North Umpqua is the best trout stream in Oregon."
EVERYONE seems to be talking about Kupi Luwak - the most expensive coffee beans in the world, which are selected and digested by the
civet cat beforehand - dubbed cat poo coffee.
For the first time in 50 years the train arrived on time at Paddington and there was time for some strong coffee - no choccy flakes, cinnamon, grated
civet cat's scrotum with hundreds and thousands on top, thank you - and a phone call to the genial folk at Skybet to have a lump on Alderburn in the novice handicap chase at Huntingdon.
It is thought that it may be a new species of marten or
civet cat, but there is also the possibility that it will be in an entirely new group.
The team, which tested thousands of people carrying SARS antibodies in 16 cities in Guangdong, found that among 994 people working in animal markets, 10.6% carried positive antibodies, and among 123
civet cat husbandry staff, only 3.25% tested positive, it said.
The restaurant where she worked served
civet cat, a regional delicacy and a possible source of SARS.
Beijing Benben Book Ltd., a book company in China, has filed an application to trademark 'guo zi li', the three Chinese characters for '
civet cat'.
Civet paste is obtained from squeezing or scraping the anal glands of the African
civet cat Civetticus civetta (sometimes classified as Viverra civetta), the Indian civet Viverra zibetha (from India, Indonesia and Malaysia), the Lesser Indian civet (also known as the Chinese civet) Viverricula indica (East and South China) and other civet species.
182) reported "the
civet cat is common all over Texas except the open plains country of the western half from Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Seguin, Austin, Brownwood and Grady westward".
So far, the cameras captured pictures of seven pangolins, but also other wildlife, such as the endemic Palawan peacock-pheasant,
civet cat, porcupine and deer.
MANSEHRA -- The wildlife department on Wednesday released a seized
civet cat in the far-off Lassa Thakral forest.
