
These mammals are omnivorous, with a diet that consists of fruit, eggs, insects, fish, birds and roots. The Jerdon's palm civet hunts to locate its prey, but it is mainly frugivorous focusing on eating from more than 40 rain forest trees and fruits. The civet's favorite fruit is the coffee "berry". Civets give birth to young in the early portion of the rainy season. A Jerdon's palm civet typically litter is between 2 and 4 young. The gestation period is between 60 and 70 days.
Civets are known for having a unique musk. The word civet is often used to refer to the musk that the animal produces, as well as the animal itself.
The Jerdon's palm civets are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They face a high risk of extinction in the wild due to poachers as well as the destruction of their habitat. Hunting has become increasingly easier since their habitat is being destroyed and they are forced to survive in more open areas on newly developed coffee, tea, teak, and eucalyptus plantations. Mining activities are also destroying the canopies that the Jerdon's palm civet calls. These factors have taken a significant toll on the Jerdon's palm civet's population.
Picture of the jerdon's palm civet by Kalyanvarma, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Keywords: brown
The Brown palm civet, jerdon's palm civet is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
India
Custom Search