civet

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Even Walmart’s website sells a roughly two-pound bag of Kopi Luwak coffee, which is made of beans excreted by a civet, for $449.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Each civet species was captured in box traps.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Other animals identified as a potential source of the pandemic were the masked palm civet, which was also associated with the Sars outbreak in 2003, as well as hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Some civet coffee plantations have also increasingly branched out to include tourist interactions, raising new concerns about the animals’ welfare.

From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2023

We were careful to keep the latrine door shut and latched at night, so no mongoose or civet cat would find its way in and polish him off.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver