
Common Palm Civets Natural History
Size
The Common Palm Civet can grow to around 70cm and can weigh up to 4.5kg.
Habitat and Distribution
These civets are nocturnal living in the tropical jungles and rainforests of South and Southeast Asia.
Age
The life span for the Common Palm Civets is up to 20 years.
Diet
They feed at night and have a carnivorous diet feeding mostly on smaller animals such as frogs, rodents, insects and reptiles. They can also bulk out their diet with some fruits and flowers.
Groups
These animals are mostly solitary only really coming together to mate.
Threats
While these animals are currently listed as Least Concern they do face a number of threats including poaching and deforestation due to logging and palm oil plantations meaning that their numbers are declining fairly rapidly.
Interesting Facts
These animals can also be known as the Asian Palm Civet and the Toddy cat.
The Common Palm Civets During Your Day Out in Kent
Here at WWP we have a Common Palm Civet called Max . He had an enclosure within our brand new Nocturnal House alongside a number of other species including Sugar Gliders, Bush babies and Clouded Leopards.