civet

📅 Updated:2018-09-07

🕒 Created:2012-06-16

🆔 ID:2852

Description

A civet is a small, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests.

Civets have a broadly cat-like general appearance, though the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like an otter or a mongoose.