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

The results showed that faunivory was much more common in three of the civet species than previously thought.

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

“As an avid coffee enthusiast, I’ve had the opportunity to experience genuine cage-free or free-ranging civet coffee,” D’Cruze says.

From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2023

Then she rubbed me all over with some liniment that burned like fire and smelled like a civet cat.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls