Asian Palm Civet is feeding animals (mammals), which includes weasels and mongoose family (Viverridae). Scientific name is Paradoxurus hermaphroditus and in Malaysia known as the weasel pulut. It is also called by various other titles such as the mongoose (common name, Betawi), careuh (Sundanese), badger or mongoose (Java) and the common palm civet, the common mongoose, civet or toddy house paint in English.
habitude
Asian Palm Civet is one wild mammal species are often found in some residential and even urban areas. Animals are very good at climbing and are arboreal, more often wandered over the trees, though not too shy to come down to the ground. Weasel is also nocturnal, active at night to find food and other life activities.
In the dark night mongoose mongoose often seen walking on the roof of the house, climbing the power cord to move from one building to another building, or even down to the ground near the home kitchen. Asian Palm Civet also like secondary forests.
Weasel is often accused of being a chicken thief, although more likely to eat a variety of fruit in the garden and yard. Including papayas, bananas, and fruit tree african (Maesopsis eminii). Other prey are a variety of insects, mollusks, earthworms, lizards and various other small animals that can catch, including small mammals like mice.
In places where ordinary passes, on the rock or hard soil, often found in civet dung heap of different grains that are not digested in it. Presumably this weasel digestion so short and simple, so that the seeds came out again with the whole. Because it precisely, it is said badgers badger chose the fruit really ripe for a meal. So popular term Luwak coffee from Java, which according to the story by word of mouth from a choice of coffee beans mongoose mongoose, and has experienced 'process' through the digestive!
However, there is indeed an important ecological implications of these ferrets habits. The types of fox and pemencar known as a good seed and a very important role in forest ecosystems.
By day mongoose mongoose sleep in wood holes, or if in urban areas, in the dark spaces under the roof. This animal gave birth to 2-4 children, who cared for the mother to be able to find their own food.
As various relatives of the Viverridae, mongoose mongoose sort out the smell from glands near the anus. Vaguely resembling the smell fragrant pandan leaves, but can also be intense and nauseating. Possible odor is used to mark the boundaries of his territory, and on the other side to know the presence of animals in the region like cruising.