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Golden Wet-Zone Palm Civets (Paradoxurus aureus): Non-Ringtails Endemic to Sri Lanka

Golden wet-zone palm civets are gold-colored. They live among dense creepers, lush vines, and tall trees in Sri Lanka's evergreen rainforests. They love to drink palm flower sap.

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Golden Dry-Zone Palm Civets (Paradoxurus stenocephalus): Non-Ringtails Endemic to Sri Lanka

Golden dry-zone palm civets are gold-brown. Three stripes decorate their backs, from shoulders to tail. Central Sri Lanka's misty mountains supply their favorite palm flower sap.

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Golden Palm Civets (Paradoxurus zeylonensis): Non-Ringtail Mysteries of Sri Lanka

Golden palm civets are gold-colored. They drink palm flower sap. But they may be Asian common palm civet morphs, not one of Sri Lanka's dry-, intermediate-, and wet-zone endemics.

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Bourlon's Genets (Genetta bourloni): Ringtails of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

One-half to two-thirds of all animals are unknown to science. Some species excel at getaways. Thanks to Philippe Gaubert, we now know about Bourlon’s northwest African genets.

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Malagasy Striped Civets (Fossa fossana): Ringtails Native Only to Madagascar

Spots and stripes appear on agile civets with body odor. Malagasy civets indeed have spotted and striped bodies and striped tails. But they lack climbing skills and musky smells.

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Large-Spotted Civets (Viverra megaspila): Ringtails of Mainland Southeast Asia

Large-spotted civets display blotched bodies, ringed tails, and striped necks. They favor dense lowland forests with river access. Hunters easily snare them in ground-level dens.

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Small-Toothed Three-Striped Palm Civets (Arctogalidia trivirgata): Non-Ringtails of Southern Asia

Mammalogists associate musk with defensive, territorial civets. Perfumists employ it as a scent stabilizer. Female small-toothed three-striped palm civets use it as aphrodisiacs.

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African Civets (Civettictis civetta): Non-Ringtails of Sub-Saharan Africa

African civets avoid northernmost and southernmost Africa. They otherwise favor sub-Saharan Africa, from west coast to east. They have super-black faces and super-large rumps.

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