Small-toothed Palm Civet

The small-toothed palm civet, or three-striped palm civet, is blackish grey with black paws and three black stripes along the back that often break up into rows of spots. The short fur is generally tawny or buff, with a darker greyish tawny head and a brown muzzle marked by a white streak from the nose to the forehead. The long tail is tubular and looks light and fluffy. The body is about 53 cm long and the tail about 58 cm, and weight is about 2.4 kg (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives in dense forest from north-east India through mainland Southeast Asia to Borneo, Sumatra and Java. It is solitary, arboreal and nocturnal, with a varied diet that is usually insects, small mammals, nesting birds, fruit, frogs and lizards. Young animals have lighter coats that darken with age. Breeding is thought to be aseasonal, with two or three litters a year of two or three young after about 45 days, but very little is known (Wikipedia, general species account).