The common palm civet’s favorite trees to feed from are fig trees and palm tress, hence the origin of the name “palm civet”.
Common palm civets climb fruit trees to get their food. Their favorite trees to feed from are fig trees and palm trees, hence the origin of one of its common names, the palm civet. They are particularly fond of chiku, mangoes, bananas, rambutan, pineapples, melons, and papayas.
Palm civets are noted for their ability to pick the best and ripest fruit, leaving the others for later.
Sources: (Burton, 1968; Duckworth, et al., 2011; Larivière, 2003; Nelson, 2013; Spaan, Williams, Wirdateti, Semiadi, & Nekaris, 2014; Wemmer and Murtaugh, 1981)
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