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

Due to the generally low and unstable productivity of fruits in Borneo's tropical forests compared to Sumatra Island, fruits alone may not be the sole source of food for all four civet species.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Some researchers suspected a species of civet was an intermediary for the COVID-19 virus jumping to people.

From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2023

Viruses leap from bats to humans either by way of an intermediary host, such as a pig, chimpanzee or civet, or more directly through human contact with bat urine, feces, blood, or saliva.

From Reuters • May 16, 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