Asian Palm Civet
Asian Palm Civets are omnivores utilizing fruits such as berries and pulpy fruits as a major food source, and thus help to maintain tropical forest ecosystems via seed dispersal. They eat chiku, mango, rambutan and coffee, but also small mammals and insects. They also feed on palm flower sap, which when fermented becomes toddy, a sweet liquor. Because of this habit they are called “Toddy Cat”.
Asian palm civets are native to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Philippines and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Bawean and Siberut. They were introduced to Irian Jaya, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi and Japan. In Papua New Guinea, their presence is uncertain
Kopi Luwak is coffee prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten by the animal, partially digested, and harvested from its faeces. Kopi Luwak is currently the most expensive coffee in the world.
